What were Woodrow Wilson’s reasons for entering the Great War and how did the conflict

change the American home front?

The Minister’s Son and the Road to the Presidency

Violations of American Rights on the High Seas

•Defining Contraband

•Visit and Search

•The German Submarine

•Sinking of the Lusitania

A Most Unusual Belligerent

•The Fourteen Points

•“A Peace Without Victory”

•“A War to End All Wars”

•“A War to Make the World Safe for Democracy”

The Home Front

The Home Front

The Home Front

African American Contributions to the Great War

“A Tragedy of Disappointments

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• 1918 Congressional

Elections

•Less Dependent Allies

•Snubbing the Senate

•A Vengeful Treaty

A Most Difficult Homecoming

•The Tragic Speaking Tour

•Wilson’s Stroke and the Role of the First Lady

•Henry Cabot Lodge and the League of Nations

Film Segments

•The American Experience, TR, “World War I”

•PBS, The Great War, “The Carnage of

War” and “The Long Road

Home”

What were Woodrow Wilson’s reasons for entering the Great War and how did the conflict

change the American home front?