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 U-boats 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”