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Texas and World War I
Chapter 21 Section 1
United States Troops Enter Mexico
(pages 478–479)
In 1910, the outbreak of the Mexican
Revolution concerned Texans.
Revolutionaries replaced dictator
Porfirio Díaz with reformer Francisco
Madero. Military dictator Victoriano
Huerta had Madero shot.
Emiliano Zapata in the south of Mexico,
and Pancho Villa in the north led
armies of thousands of people to
oppose Huerta and Carraza.
PANCHO VILLA
General John Pershing (left)
United States Troops Enter Mexico
(pages 478–479)
President Wilson sent General
John J. Pershing with troops from
San Antonio to pursue Villa into
Mexico.
Villa was not caught and American
troops on Mexican soil angered
Mexico.
The U.S. Enters World War I
(page 479)
World War I began in 1914, but the
United States remained neutral.
In 1917 German submarines sank ships
carrying American passengers.
Germany promised to help Mexico
regain its “lost territories” of Texas,
Arizona, and New Mexico in exchange
for its support. Wilson declared war on
Germany in April 1917.
The Lusitania
Lusitania Headlines–
NY Times
Texas Mobilizes for War
(page 480)
The Army established training camps at
Houston, Fort Worth, Waco, and San
Antonio.
Camp Kelly, built in San Antonio,
became the world’s largest flight
training school.
About one-fourth of Texans serving
were African Americans. Mexicans
living in Texas were not required to
serve because they were not citizens,
but many volunteered.
The War Changes Soldiers
(pages 480–481)
Many recruits from rural Texas received
medical care for the first time and had
never traveled outside the country
before.
Education, training and travel made
them eager to find better lives after
they completed their service.
Texas women helped in the war effort
as nurses, ambulance drivers, factory
workers, and farmers.
WW I Nurses in France
At Home in Wartime
(pages 481–482)
At home Texans bought war bonds and
stamps to raise money for the war.
They also gave generously to the Red
Cross and rationed food.
There was strong anti-German
sentiment.
Some communities banned German
music, and many high schools stopped
teaching German.