America in World War I: Triggers, Warfare, Neutrality, and Propaganda
Wilson's involvement in Latin America amidst the global conflict, the innovative warfare methods of WWI, America's neutrality stance, and the propaganda efforts during the war.
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Wilson and Latin America Mexico was going through revolution Pancho Villa killed some Americans in an attempt to provoke Americans Troops in Mexico, Nicaragua, Haiti, & the Dominican Republic- Dollar Diplomacy This use of force only led to hatred of Americans then and now
The Great War Begins The Assassination of Austrian archduke triggered World War I Innovations that changed warfare in WWI machine guns, land mines, long-range artillery, & high-velocity rifles Trench warfare gave WWI its lasting character
The United States & Neutrality Most high American Officials were pro- British After Lusitania Wilson sent notes to Germany to stop such actions and pay reparations Election of 1916 Wilson s promise to keep the U.S. out of the war. The Revenue Act of 1916 Zimmermann Telegram
The U.S. Goes to War The Congressional resolution for war passed overwhelmingly Liberty Loan Act The Food Administration taught Americans to plant victory gardens & use leftovers wisely
War Industries Board was the most Important agency Bernard Baruch
U.S. War Propaganda Wilson put George Creel a Denver newspaperman in charge of this Committee on Public Information They made films, i.e. The Beast of Berlin Four-Minute men speeches to buy liberty bonds, conserve food, fuel, etc.
Espionage & Sedition Acts of 1917-1918 Under these acts criticism of the government leaders or war policies became a crime Socialist leader Eugene Debs went to jail for ten years Schenck v. United States Eugene Debs
America at War The U.S. Military would grow to 3.7 million 2 million American troops would cross the Atlantic & 1.4 would see combat The U.S. military effort in France helped turn back several German offensives
The Communist Revolution in Russia Russia had suffered 6.6 million casualties The Czarist government had little control in 1917 The White Russians tried to gain power but the Bolsheviks signed a treaty with Germany Bolsheviks were lead by Vladimir Lenin and eventually won Vladimir Lenin
Midterm Elections back in the U.S. President Wilson begins to get in trouble Working to end the war Wilson lost touch of the political events Wilson pushed the public to election a Democratic Congress But instead Democrats lost control of both houses of Congress
Wilsons Fourteen Points 1-5 called for open diplomacy 6-12 dealt with self- determination for various nationalities 13 called for Poland to have access to the sea 14 called for the League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles and Reparations The Germans objected to the Treaty of Versailles because they had to pay reparations for the entire war But in the end they signed the treaty b/c if they didn t the French threatened to invade Germany
The League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles in the U.S. Sen. Lodge was the leader against the treaty Wilson went on a nation wide tour to get support for the treaty Wilson suffered a stoke that paralyzed his left side Treaty not ratified until 1921 by Harding Henry Cabot Lodge
The Spanish Flu 1918-1919 Servicemen brought home the disease It killed 675,000 in the U.S. & 22 million worldwide No plague, war, famine in world history killed so many people in such short time Doctors never understood why it began or why it ended.
The Red Scare in America 1919-1920 People in the U.S. saw labor strikes as the work of Communists There were also letter bombs in 1919 that Americans saw as work of the Reds But people began to see the bombs as they were actions of lunatic fringe
The End of Progressivism Roosevelt and Taft gone and with Wilson paralyzed The Republican party came back very conservatively after the Bull Moose Party split The 1920s were going to be a conservative and isolationist era for America
