Beginning
The sequence of events in 1914 leading from peace in Europe to the outbreak of a general war.
What is the Intro?
Foreign policy realist believed that a Germany victory would change the balance of power and United States needed a strong British navy to protect the status quo.
What is the War Debate?
Russian revolutionaries overthrew the czar's government and proclaimed a republic.
What is Russian Revolution?
Racial segregation applied to the army as it did to civilian life. African American's served in WWI in segregated units.
What is African American Service Men and Women?
Wilson presented to Congress a list of war aims known as the Fourteen Points, designed to address the causes of World War I and prevent another world war a year later.
What is the Fourteen Points?
President Wilson protested British seizure of U.S. of American ships as a violation of a neutral nation's right to freedom of the seas.
What is Neutrality of the U.S.?
Eastern Republicans such as Roosevelt were the first to recognize that the U.S. military was hopelessly unprepared for war.
What is Preparedness/Opposition to War?
On April 2, 1917, President Wilson stood before a special session of senators and representatives and solemnly asked Congress to recognized that a state of war existed between Germany and the United States.
What is Declaration of War?
As men were drafted into the military, the jobs were vacated and taken by women.
What is Jobs for Women?
No U.S pres. had ever traveled abroad to attend a diplomatic conference, but Wilson decided that his personal participation at Versailles was vital to defending his fourteen points.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany's one hope for challenging British power at sea lay with a new naval weapon, the submarine.
What is Submarine Warfare (Lusitania)?
Wilson's chances for reelection did not seem strong after Theodore Roosevelt declined the Progressive party's nomination for president in 1916 and rejoined the Republicans.
What is the Election of 1916?
The first world war and an international conflict that began on July 28, 1914.
What is WW1?
Job opportunists in the U.S. and revolution in Mexico, caused thousands of Mexicans to cross the border to work in agriculture and mining.
What is Migration of Mexicans and African Americans?
Returning to the U.S., President Wilson had to win approval of two-thirds of the Senate for all parts of the Treaty of Versailles, including the League of Nations covenants.
What is the Battle for Ratification?
What is Economic Links with Britain and France?
In the first weeks of March, German submarines sank five unarmed U.S. merchant ships. Wilson was ready for war.
What is America decides to join the war?
Provided for imprisonment of up to 20 years for persons who either tried to incite rebellion in the armed forces or obstruct the operation of the draft. Prohibiting anyone from making"disloyal" or "abusive" remarks about the U.S. gov.
What is Espionage and Sedation Acts?
The U.S. Navy also implemented a convoy system of armed escorts for groups of merchant ships.
What is Naval Operations?
Americans had trouble adjusting from the patriotic fever of wartime to the economic and social stresses of postwar uncertainties.
What is Postwar Problems?
In August 1914, as Americans read in their newspapers about German armies marching ruthlessly through Belgium, they perceived Germany as a cruel bully whose armies were commanded by a mean-spirited autocrat.
What is American Public Opinion during the war?
Telegram from Germany to Mexico proposing that Mexico ally with Germany and in return Germany would help Mexico recover lost territories.
What is Zimmerman Note/Telegram?
He wanted a democratic method run by local boards for ensuring that all groups in the population would be called into service.
What is Selective Service Act?
The AEF was commanded by General John J. Pershing. The first U.S. troops to see action were used to plug weaknesses in the french and British lines, but by he summer of 1918, as American forces arrived by the hundreds of thousands, the AEF assumed independent responsibility for one segment of the Western Front.
What is American Expeditionary Force?
In a nation that valued free enterprise and rugged individualism, a large part of the American public regarded unions with distrust.
What is Labor Conflicts?