The U.S. Enters WWI
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THE U.S. ENTERS WWI
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The U.S. Enters WWI. Quickwrite. What events caused the U.S. to enter the war? Why did the U.S. enter on the side of the Allies and NOT on the side of the Central Powers?. At first… many Americans DID NOT want to enter into the war. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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THE U.S. ENTERS WWI
Quickwrite• What events caused the U.S. to enter the war?
• Why did the U.S. enter on the side of the Allies and NOT on the side of the Central Powers?
At first…many Americans DID NOT
want to enter into the war.
Still…Most
Americans weren’t
truly “neutral in thought as well as in action” WHY!?
American Positions
Goals
Isolationists
Interventionists
Internationalists
British Naval Blockade
German U-boat Warfare
Convoy System
Great Britain
France
Germany
Aus-Hungary
Sinking of the
Lusitania
Why did Germany violate its
promise to spare unarmed ships even at the risk of drawing the
U.S. into the war?
Zimmerman Note
What other factors got the U.S. involved with the war?
Germans resumed unrestricted sub warfare
Wilson’s promise for a “Peace without victory… a peace among equals.”
Russians overthrew their Czarmade this a war of democracies
versus monarchies (little did we know that Russia would become Communist!)
