1. American History WWI

2. Woodrow Wilson’s Diplomacy Opposed Imperialism Promoted democracy Mexican Revolution – 1884-1911 Porfirio Diaz – 1911 Francisco Madero – 1912 General Victoriano Huerta – 1914 Venustino Carranza Pancho Villa

3. Causes of WWI Alliance System – German Empire – Triple Alliance Germany, Italy, & Austria- Hungary Franco-Russian Alliance Naval Race – Great Britain & Germany – “entente cordial”  Triple Entente (Britain, France, Russia)

4. European Alliances WWI

5. Causes of WWI Balkan Crisis – Nationalism Intense pride-willing to go to war to expand their nation at the expense of others Self-determination People should have their own country Serbia – Russian supported – Annexation of Bosnia Franz Ferdinand

6. The Beginning Triple Entente  Allies  France, Russian, Great Britain (Italy in 1915) Triple Alliance  Central Powers  Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire & Bulgaria United States  “We must be impartial in thought as well as action.” Woodrow Wilson

7. Europe on the eve of World War I, 1914

8. United States Involvement People takes sides – Pro British “international balance of power” Propaganda

9. U.S. Involvement British blockade – Mines in the North Sea – German U-boats – May 7, 1915 Lusitania “too proud to fight” – Sussex Pledge Promise – January 1917 Zimmermann telegram Germany to Mexico – Feb 3-March 21 6 ships sank – April 4 America is at war