Objective: examine the causes of America’s involvement in World War I.

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Objective: examine the causes of America’s involvement in World War I

· However, we traded food, weapons, oil, steel, and other goods far more with the Allied Powers than with the Central Powers. American Neutrality · Officially, the U.S. was a neutral country.

· Both the Allied Powers and Central powers used propaganda in order to support their cause by making their enemies seem savage. propaganda

· However, Britain and Germany set up blockades around the British and German coasts. Freedom of the Seas · The U.S., as a neutral nation, claimed the right to trade with either side in the war.

· German submarines, called U-boats, torpedoed enemy ships and neutral ships trading with the enemy.U-boats The crew of a German UC-1 class submarine on deck. Introduced in 1915, the submarines of this class were employed mainly on mine- laying duties and carried up to twelve mines. German submarines sank 1,845,000 tons of Allied and neutral shipping between February and April 1917.

HMS LEGION moves alongside the damaged and listing HMS ARK ROYAL in order to take off survivors. The aircraft carrier was torpedoed by the German U-boat U 81 off Gibraltar. HMS ARK ROYAL sank the following day, November 13, 1941 (Note: “HMS” stands for “His/Her Majesty’s Ship” as part of the British navy.)

· In 1915, a German submarine torpedoed the Lusitania, a British passenger ship, killing approximately 1,200 people, including 128 Americans.Lusitania 1915 painting depicting the sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-Boat

· Americans were infuriated with the destruction of the Lusitania.

U-Boats Sink the Lusitania in 1915

– secret message from Germany to Mexico urging Mexico to attack the U.S. if the U.S. declared war on Germany Moving Toward War Zimmermann telegram: – Germany promised to help Mexico regain land it lost to the U.S. in the Mexican War. * The U.S. declared war on the Central Powers in 1917.

(above) Zimmermann Telegram as Received by the German Ambassador to Mexico, 01/19/1917 (right) decoded words

Zimmermann Telegram: Decoded Message