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America: The Causes of World War One

America: The Causes of World War One. By: Jordan Hataway, Jake Fischer, Nick Barbero, and Devin Hill. How the Alliance System, Failure of Diplomacy, Imperialism/Colonial Competition, the Militarism/Arms Race and Nationalism Caused the U.S.A. to Join World War One. Alliances .

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America: The Causes of World War One

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  1. America: The Causes of World War One By: Jordan Hataway, Jake Fischer, Nick Barbero, and Devin Hill How the Alliance System, Failure of Diplomacy, Imperialism/Colonial Competition, the Militarism/Arms Race and Nationalism Caused the U.S.A. to Join World War One

  2. Alliances • U.S allies were Italy, England, and France during WWI. • During the war they fought Germany and Austria.

  3. ALLIANCES • The U.S was never really part of the League of Nations because they were isolationist. • There were two reasons why they joined the Allied Power.

  4. ALLIANCES • The U.S and Great Britain had a mutual relationship. Both countries were good trading partners. The U.S was just fed up with the constant attack by German submarines, they just wanted payback.

  5. Failure of Diplomacy

  6. Sinking of the Lusitania The Lusitania was a passenger ship that had U.S. citizens on board. The Germans were attacking cargo ships with their U-Boats and sinking them. The Lusitania was carrying weaponry even though it was a commercial boat. When the Germans sank it, the U.S. went into an outrage and was forced into the war with nationalism.

  7. Woodrow Wilson’s 14 points The idea for the 14 points was thought of by Wilson. He believed that there should be no more war. The ideas were based around 3 ideas. They were; making countries more open with open diplomacy, boundary control to eliminate feuds on land, and to make a League of Nations. This was his eventual plan from the beginning of the war.

  8. Zimmerman Telegram The Zimmerman telegram was a way to get the U.S out to of the war so Germany could destroy the British. The British intercepted the message and told the U.S. Eventually when the Ambassador who got the telegram brought it up in a meeting and mentioned they could get territory but they would have to go to war with the U.S. the president declined the opposition.

  9. Imperialism and Colonization in the U.S.A.

  10. The Spanish American war • The Spanish American war was a feud between the U.S. and Latin American countries. • After this war, America gained many new colonies.

  11. The Colonies of America • The American Colonies had many profitable ways of income. • One way was sugar plantations. Another was labor and taxes.

  12. Militarism in the USA World War One World War One Why the United States Joined the War, and How They Prepared

  13. Why America Joined the War America had many reasons to fight with the Allies. • One was Britain intercepting the Zimmerman telegram. • Two was that the Russian Revolutions sparked the anti-communism in America. • Another reason was that Germans were not following the rules of war. They attacked unarmed civilian and commerce boats with their “U-Boats” (Submarines)

  14. Because the US entered the war late, they did not have an arms race with any country. The people became more and more“geared up” for war with each German Offense. While America did not have an arms race, against a certain country, they did have to get ready for war very quickly in the months before they entered. They also had a constant struggle over naval power. The Arms Race

  15. Americas Contributions • The biggest thing that America did for the Allies was to donate money and equipment. • The Germans tried to defeat the Allies before the US brought troops as reinforcements to the Western Front. • The German “Offensive Movement failed, and the Germans were pushed back.

  16. NATIONALISM The German U-boat sunk the Lusitania in 1915 Over 1,260 Americans died in the attack.

  17. Nationalism • President Wilson vowed “America was too proud too fight”, but he began getting angry at Germany. • The Zimmerman Telegram angered many Americans.

  18. Nationalism • Germany offered Mexico to enter the war at their side, which was part of the U.S • Wilson declared war after German submarine continue attacking American merchant ships, four ships were destroyed.

  19. Nationalism: Zimmerman Telegram • The Zimmerman telegram was intercepted by the British in 1917. The Germans were enlisting the Mexicans to help fight the Americans. In return, they would gain most of the conquered lands of America. • The Interception of the Zimmerman telegram sparked the U.S. entrance to the war.

  20. Bibliography • Zahora, Renee World War One Power Point 2007World War I Reading Packet. 2007 • Farrar, Mounir. The Human Experience. Ohio: McGraw Hill, 1997. • Venzon, Anne ed. The United States in the First World War II. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWI

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