America Goes to War. Neutrality Policy 1.Saw no need to enter the conflict 2.Germans had been...
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America Goes to War. Neutrality Policy 1.Saw no need to enter the conflict 2.Germans had been stopped by the Allis in their first advance – appeared not
Neutrality Policy 1.Saw no need to enter the conflict 2.Germans
had been stopped by the Allis in their first advance appeared not
to need our help 3.Am. Foreign policy was not to get involved in
European business 4.Against Progressive Movement Fear that entry in
the war would end movement 5.Some did not want their sons to see
horrors of war 6.Divided Nation English supported Allis Irish
supported Germany hopes of independence German sympathized with
Central Powers
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Majority Sympathized with the Allis common language and customs
German seems the aggressor 1.Attack on Belgium 2.Use of U-boats In
the end 1.ties of heritage, 2.Economic ties 3.course of war decided
the American position
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The War Hits Home
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During the first two years of the war, America was providing
(selling) the allied forces war material Both the Germans and
British imposed naval blockades on each other The Germans used
U-boats (submarines) to prevent shipments to the North Atlantic Any
ship found in the war zone (waters around Britain) would be
sunk
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German U-boats (Unterseeboot) Designed for sneak attacks UC 44
Class U-boat: 1) Aft torpedo tubes 2) Electric motor 3) Main engine
4) Control room 5) Mine tubes 6) Forward torpedo tubes 7) Crew
quarters
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The Lusitania Disaster United States involvement was hastened
by the Lusitania disaster The Lusitania was a British passenger
liner that carried 1,198 persons A German U-boat sank the British
passenger liner killing all aboard including 128 American tourists
The Germans claimed the ship was carrying Allied ammunition
Americans were outraged and public opinion turned against Germany
and the Central Powers May 7, 1915
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America Edges Closer to War
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Zimmermann Telegram British government gave Wilson an
intercepted telegram From Arthur Zimmermann, German foreign
minister to the German ambassador in Mexico It proposed an alliance
with Mexico Mexico declares war against US Germany help Mexico
regain lost land
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Russia Pulls out Without the czar United States could fight for
democracy Against the Kaiser And make the world safe for
democracy
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Wilsons address to Congress With a profound sense of the solemn
and even tragic character of the step I am taking, and of the grave
responsibilities involved, but in unhesitating obedience to my
constitutional duty, I advise Congress to declare that the recent
course of the German Government is nothing less than war against
the United States, and that the United States accept the status of
a belligerent which has been thrust upon it, and will take
immediate steps to put the country into a thorough state of
defense, and to exert all her power and resource in bringing
Germany to terms, and in ending the war. Woodrow Wilson President
of the United States of America April 3 rd 1917
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Why US went to war Freedom of the Seas Make world safe for
Democracy Help shape Europe after war