Download US Enters War PPT - Lenape Regional High School District

THE UNITED STATES:
A COUNTRY
UNDECIDED
DO NOW-WAR OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS
• A WAR AMONGST THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN SOUTH
JERSEY IS OCCURRING. CHEROKEE HIGH SCHOOL IS
ISOLATED IN THE WAR OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS. THE
CENTRAL POWERS LED BY LENAPE HIGH SCHOOL ARE
ATTACKING SMALLER SCHOOLS AT WILL. THEY ARE
MAKING PROMISES THAT THEY ARE NOT KEEPING.
THEY TRY TO SECRETLY ALLY WITH CHERRY HILL EAST
TO ATTACK CHEROKEE.
• AS A STUDENT OF CHEROKEE HIGH SCHOOL SHOULD
CHEROKEE GET INVOLVED IN THE WAR OF HIGH
SCHOOLS? OR SHOULD CHEROKEE REMAIN
ISOLATIONIST? EXPLAIN YOUR REASONING
U.S. OPINION
• AS THE WAR DRAGGED ON IN EUROPE,
PRESIDENT WILSON URGED AMERICANS TO
REMAIN NEUTRAL
• THE U.S. STAYS OUT OF EUROPEAN CONFLICTS
• 1/3 OF COUNTRY BORN IN DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES
• MANY AMERICANS FAVORED ONE SIDE OR
ANOTHER
WHAT SIDE ARE YOU ON?
• ISOLATIONISTS
• FAVORED STAYING OUT OF THE WAR
• INTERVENTIONISTS
• FAVORED FIGHTING ON THE ALLIES’ SIDE
• INTERNATIONALISTS
• WANTED THE UNITED STATES TO PLAY A ROLE FOR
PEACE BUT NOT FIGHT
LUSITANIA
• German Uboats
torpedoed
ships bound
for Britain.
• On May 7, 1915,
a U-boat sank the
British passenger
ship Lusitania, killing
many Americans.
REACTION TO LUSITANIA SINKING
• Americans were angry
about the Lusitania
• Wilson wants peace, but
begins to prepare for war
• In 1916, Congress
expands the army
and authorizes more
warships.
Powers
DECISIONS TO GO TO WAR
• ZIMMERMAN NOTE
• GERMANY TRIES TO ALLY WITH MEXICO
AGAINST THE U.S.
• UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE
• SUSSEX PLEDGE
• VIOLATED BY GERMANS
U.S. DECLARES WAR
• WILSON ASKS CONGRESS TO DECLARE WAR
AGAINST GERMANY
• “THE WORLD MUST BE MADE SAFE FOR
DEMOCRACY.”
• CONGRESS RESPONDS WITH DECLARATION OF
WAR
• U.S. ENTERS WORLD WAR I
• JEANNETTE RANKIN: 1ST WOMEN ELECTED
INTO CONGRESS VOTES “NO”