What are the British doing?

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What are the British doing?

• British cut the Trans-Atlantic cable
• Done so any information coming from Germany to
  the U.S. would have to go through Britain.
• Britain could feed us wrong information

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German Submarine Warfare

• U-Boat- unterseeboot- or submarine is
  undetectable
• issued no warnings
• U.S. considers this uncivilized
• yet we still remain neutral

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Why did Britain do it?

• Done to encourage anti-German feeling in the U.S.
• Get us on the side of the allies.
• We could turn the tide of the war by finally
  entering into it.

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The U.S. and President Wilson

• Germany sinks passenger liners
• We stick with preparing for war
• but our neutrality is weakening

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Sussex pledge

• German U-Boats will warn ships before attacking
  them
• Germany does not want us in the war, and does
  this to make the U.S. happy
• How long will it last?

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Propaganda begins

• When the Luisitania is sunk. Europeans unite in
  anger against Germany and Austria-Hungary.
• The Luisitania was a passenger liner sunk off the
  coast of Ireland

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What is Propaganda?

• publicity to promote something information or
  publicity put out by an organization or
  government to spread and promote a policy, idea,
  doctrine, or cause

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German Propaganda
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British Propaganda
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U.S. Propaganda

• Our propaganda was used to create support for the
  war effort
• Raise money for the troops- Liberty bonds

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February 1917

• Germany breaks the Sussex pledge
• U.S. says, German submarine warfare has gone to
  far.
• Wilson wants to arm our merchant ships and
  protect our trade.
• Some feel this will bring us into the war.
• To avoid war, anti-war senators filibuster- or
  refuse to stop talking on the Senate floor to
  prevent a vote.
• No war for us , yet.

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Then the Zimmerman Note is uncovered
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What is the Zimmerman Note?

• A letter from Germany to Mexico, encouraging
  Mexico to join the war on their side.
• U.S. does not like this at all
• Why?

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Why did this get our attention?

• We feel safe with oceans between us and the
  fighting.
• But Mexico shares a border with us
• We cannot have an enemy this close!!!!

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And another important event is happening on the
other side of the world.

• Will this finally draw us into the war?

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The Russian Revolution

• Russian troops are leaving to help with the
  revolution at home.
• Czar Nicholas II abdicates
• the monarchy is replaced with a republican
  government
• we like this government and feel we could ally
  ourselves with Russia now.

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What happens next?

• The Germans sink 3 American ships
• We have finally had enough!
• March 1917, Congress votes for war
• April 6, 1917 President Wilson signs the war
  resolution.

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The U.S. is at War

• It is a fearful thing to lead this great
  peaceful people into war, the most terrible and
  disastrous of all wars, civilization itself
  seeming to be in the balance. But the right is
  more precious than peace.
• ---Woodrow
  Wilson

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What do the sides look like now?

• Central Powers
• Austria-Hungary
• Germany
• Turkey
• Bulgaria

• Allies
• Serbia
• Russia
• France
• Great Britain
• Italy
• and finally the U.S.

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What will our importance be to this war?

• Fresh men
• supplies
• money
• technology
• new military leadership

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Quiz time!!!!

• 7 questions.

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Question 1

• What country actively encouraged anti-German
  feelings in the U.S.?
• (They did this by cutting the trans-Atlantic
  cable so all information coming from Europe would
  have to go through them.)

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Question 2

• German use of the ___________ changed the rules
  of naval warfare?

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Question 3

• After some of our passenger liners were sunk,
  President ____________ began preparing for war.
  But we still remained neutral.

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Question 4

• German U-Boats will warn ships before attacking
  them. This is called the ____________ pledge.

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Question 5

• What is propaganda?

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Question 6

• In the _______________ note , Germany proposed an
  alliance with Mexico.

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Question 7

• The U.S. sold ________________ to help finance
  the war.

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Question 8

• What are the 4 causes of World War I?
• M_____________________________
• A______________________________
• I_______________________________
• N______________________________

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Question 9

• List the Central Powers (in order).