Download Aim: Why did the US enter WWI?

Aim: Why did the US
enter WWI?
Do Now- What were the
European causes of WWI.
Aim: Why did the US enter
WWI?
European Causes of WWI
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Nationalism
Imperialism
Aim: Why did
the US enter
Militarism
WWI?
Alliance System
Spark was assassination of
Franz Ferdinand
• European WWI goes from 19141918!!!!
• US doesn’t enter until 1917!!!!!!!
Why we didn’t want war
• History of isolation with
Europe’s problems
• Had no effect on US lives
• ½ of all recent immigrants came
from Germany, Ireland, Italy, so
public opinion was greatly
divided
Aim: Why did the US enter
WWI?
War is Good?
• Europe desperately needed
supplies to fight against each
other, and US was happy to
supply each side…… Is this OK?
• US had labor shortage to meet
demands for supplies
Aim: Why did the US enter
WWI?
US Trade Before Entry
to WWI
Aim: Why did the US enter
WWI?
British Naval Blockade
• England started a naval blockade to
cut off supplies to Germany… Should
we be upset?
• Blockade was so effective that
basically trade ended with Germany
• Most of the supplies we gave
England was on credit…. Does this
affect our neutrality?
• Because of blockade, over 750,000
Germans died of starvation
Aim: Why did the US enter
WWI?
German Submarines
• German U-boats began unrestricted
warfare against any ships going to
England
Aim: Why did the US enter
WWI?
German Notice in US Papers
• Would you travel to Europe
despite these warnings?
• If you are killed by a submarine,
is it an act of war against the
US?
Aim: Why did the
US enter WWI?
Sinking of the Lusitania
Aim: Why did the US enter
WWI?
Zimmerman Note
• Telegram that was intercepted
by the US
Aim: Why did the US enter
WWI?
Zimmerman Note
• Telegram sent by Germany to
Mexico
• US intercepted the telegram
• Is this an act of war?
Aim: Why did the US enter WWI?
Russian Revolution
• Russia revolts against the
monarch, makes it ok for US to
go to war… Why?
• At first!!! Monarch was replaced by
democratic government
• So, Wilson’s declaration of making
the “world safe for democracy” is
legit because all of our Allies are
now democratic
Aim: Why did the US enter WWI?
Election of 1916
• Wilson wins with slogan of “He
kept us out of war”
Aim: Why did the US enter WWI?
Wilson asks for War
• “The example of America must be a special example. The example of
America must be the example not merely of peace because it will not
fight, but of peace because peace is the healing and elevating influence
of the world and strife is not. There is such a thing as a man being so
right it does not need to convince others by force that it is right.”
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Wilson 1915
• April 1917
• Says he needs war to “make the
world safe for democracy”
Aim: Why did the US enter WWI?
Summary
• Answer the aim.
• Turn and talk with your
neighbor to share your answers.
Aim: How did WWI affect
the homefront?
Homework
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Aim: How did WWI affect
the homefront?