Objective 8.01

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Objective 8.01

• Examine the reasons why the United States
  remained neutral at the beginning of World War I,
  but later became involved.

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Nationalism

• Pride in your nation, nationality, ethnic group,
  country

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Militarism

• Glorification of the military, build-up of the
  military

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Alliances

• Military, Political, Economic agreements between
  nations

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Allies

• US, Great Britain, France, Italy, and several
  other nations in WWI

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Central Powers

• Germany, Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary,
  Bulgaria in WWI

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Archduke Francis Ferdinand

• Heir to the throne of Austria and Hungary,
  assassination led to WWI

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Serbia

• Country that Gavrilo Princip was from,
  Austria-Hungary declared war on this country to
  start WWI

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U-Boat

• German unrestricted warfare against British
  shipping and those nations that attempted to
  trade with Great Britain

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Contraband

• Weapons on civilian ships

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Lusitania

• British passenger ship sunk by German U-boat off
  of the coast of Ireland

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Zimmerman Telegram

• Message from Germany to Mexico, intercepted by
  the British, wanting an alliance between Germany
  and Mexico against the US in WWI

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Kaiser Wilhelm II

• Last emperor of Germany

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Election of 1916

• Woodrow Wilson vs. Charles Evans Hughes, Wilson
  campaign was that He kept us out of war

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Woodrow Wilson

• 28th President of the US, President during WWI

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Make the World Safe for Democracy

• Woodrow Wilsons reason for US entry into WWI

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Mobilization

• To prepare for war

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Selective Service Act

• Set up the Draft in WWI

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Jeanette Rankin

• 1st female elected to the US Congress, only
  member to vote against US entry into WWI and WWII

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Idealism

• Idea of what the perfect world would look like,
  everyone would get along, not necessarily realism
  or realistic