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The U.S. Path to WWI: Neutrality to War in Europe

Explore the intricate events that led the U.S. from neutrality to intervention in WWI, from naval policies to diplomatic tensions and the struggle for balance in trade relations with the Allies and Central Powers. Delve into key figures such as President Wilson and developments like the Zimmermann Note that reshaped history. Discover how the nation navigated the fine line between neutrality and involvement, ultimately impacting the global war.

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The U.S. Path to WWI: Neutrality to War in Europe

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  1. War in Europe • US was neutral • US split support • Central Powers: German and Irish pop. • Allied: British tradition; French in Amer. Rev • Leaned more towards Allies • Germ. = autocracy • Attack on neutral Belgium • Germ agents in US • British propaganda

  2. $ with Neutrality • Traded with both sides at 1st • More trading w/ Allies • JP Morgan – $2.3 bill loan to Allies • British blockade prevented trade to Germ • Brit. Forced USS into ports

  3. U-BOOT • German submarine • Stop Brit. Blockade • Lusitania – May 1915 • 128 Amer. • WW – warning to Germ • Bryan resigned as Sec. of State • Arabic – Aug. 1915 – 2 US • Sussex Pledge – March 1916 • Germ warn ships

  4. 1916 Election • WW – “He kept us out of the war.” • Rep. – Charles Evans Hughes • WW went to bed thinking he lost • Barely won • California – won by 3K votes

  5. Declaration of War • 1917 • Germany – unrestricted submarine warfare • Zimmerman Note – possible Germany – Mexican alliance • Russian Revolution – no despots for Allies • Wilson – “make world safe for democracy” • April 6, 1917

  6. Selective Service Act

  7. Doughboy

  8. American Expeditionary Force

  9. War Industries Board

  10. CPI - Creel

  11. 4 Minute Men

  12. Chicago Race Riot - 1919

  13. Anti-War Sentiments

  14. Schenck vs. US • Justice Holmes sets out the "clear and present danger" test: • The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic. [...] The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent

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