1. Ch 8.2: the U.S. enters the Great War

2. Woodrow Wilson
Won Re-election in 1916
“Kept us out of the War”

3. Believed in isolationism: Keeping the U.S. away from other countries

4. U-boat = German submarine

5. German U-boats Controlled the Mediterrean Sea & Atlantic Oceans
Feb Unrestricted Warfare
Destroyed any ships sailing to Europe

6. Lusitania-Torpedoed by German U-Boat

7. Lusitania- Sinks in 18 minutes- 1200 dead- including 128 Americans dead

8. Zimmerman Telegram
Papers print a telegram from German Minister Zimmerman to Mexico

9. Germany asks Mexico to invade U.S.

10. German asks Mexico to invade U.S.
If the U.S. loses, Germany will give Mexico its old territories of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona

11. Lusitania & the Zimmerman Telegram convince the U.S. to enter the war

12. U.S. enters the war in 1917

13. With the help from the fresh U.S. soldiers the Allies win WWI in 1918

14. Treaty of Versailles
Allies force Germany to sign treaty

15. Treaty of Versailles Allies force Germany to sign treaty
Germany gives up its military

16. Treaty of Versailles Allies force Germany to sign treaty
Germany gives up military
Pays to rebuild France
This bad treaty will lead to WWII 20 years later

17. Treaty of Versailles Allies force Germany to sign treaty
Germany gives up military
Pays to rebuild France
Takes blame for war
This bad treaty will lead to WWII 20 years later

18. Also with the Treaty of Versailles
Allies get Germany colonies
Ottoman Empire crumbles
Allies get Ottoman Territory

19. Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at.
Freedom of the seas.
The removal of all economic barriers, and establishment of equality of trade.
Guarantees that national armaments will be reduced.
Adjustment of colonial claims, that in determining all such questions of sovereignty, the interests of the people concerned must have equal weight with the claims of the government whose title is to be determined.
Russian territory should be evacuated, and Russia welcomed into the society of free nations.
Belgium should be evacuated and restored.
All French territory should be freed and the invaded portions restored.
The frontiers of Italy should be readjusted along clearly recognizable lines of nationality.
The peoples of Austria-Hungary should have the freest opportunity to independent development.
Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated and restored, Serbia should have free and secure access to the sea, and the relations of the several Balkan states to each other should be determined by friendly counsel, and political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several Balkan states should be internationally guaranteed.
The Turkish portion of the Ottoman Empire should have a secure sovereignty, but the other nationalities which are under Turkish rule should have an undoubted security of life and an opportunity of independent development, and the Dardanelles should be permanently opened as passage to the ships and commerce of all nations.
An independent Polish state should be erected including the territories inhabited by Polish populations, which should have free access to the sea.
The League of Nations should be formed.

20. WWI lasted from 1914-1918 The U.S. participated in WWI in 1917-1918
Ch 8.2: The U.S. enters WWI
WWI lasted from
The U.S. participated in WWI in

21. 1918 Spanish Flu 1918-1920 60 million die world wide
Usual death toll for flu .1% & attacks >2 yrs old / <60 yrs old

22. 1918 Spanish Flu 1918-1920 60 million die world wide
Usual death toll for flu .1% & attacks >2 yrs old / <60 yrs old
Kills 20% Mainly Healthy Adults
Sends immune system into overdrive

23. 1918 Spanish Flu 1918-1920 60 million die world wide
Kills 20% Mainly Healthy Adults
Sends immune system into overdrive

24. Ch 8.2 Quiz: U.S. enters WWI 1. Who was the U.S. President during WWI?
2. What was Isolationism?
3. What is a German submarine called?
4. How did the Lusitania sink?
5. Why did the sinking of the Lusitania upset Americans?
6. Who was the Zimmerman that sent the Zimmerman Telegram?
7. What did Zimmerman ask Mexico to do?
8. What would Germany give Mexico if it did what Zimmerman asked?
9. Why did the U.S. enter WWI?
10. Who won WWI?
11. How did the U.S. influence who won WWI?
12. What was the name of the treaty that Germany was forced to sign?
13. Why was this treaty considered harsh to the Germans?
14. What was the Fourteen Points?
15. Who wrote the Fourteen Points?
16. What was the last point of the Fourteen Points?
17. What was the name of the virus that devastated the world in 1918?
18. How many people did this virus kill?
19. In which years did World War One take place?
20. During which years did the U.S. participate in WWI?

25. Ch 8.2 Quiz: U.S. enters WWI
1. Who was the U.S. President during WWI? Woodrow Wilson
2. What was Isolationism? Keeping the U.S. away form the rest of the world
3. What is a u-boat? German submarine
4. How did the Lusitania sink? A German U-boat torpedoed it
5. Why did the sinking of the Lusitania upset Americans? Americans died
6. Who was the Zimmerman that sent the Zimmerman Telegram? German Minister
7. What did Zimmerman ask Mexico to do? Invade the U.S.
8. What would Germany give Mexico if it did what Zimmerman asked? Texas, New Mexico, Arizona
9. Why did the U.S. enter WWI? Sinking of Lusitania & the Zimmerman Telegram
10. Who won WWI? the Allied Powers
11. How did the U.S. influence who won WWI? Fresh U.S. soldiers
12. What was the name of the treaty that Germany was forced to sign? Versailles
13. Why was this treaty considered harsh? Forced them to pay for the War & take the blame
14. What was the Fourteen Points? President Wilson’s ideas on how to achieve peace
15. Who wrote the Fourteen Points? Woodrow Wilson
16. What was the last point of the Fourteen Points? Formation of a League of Nations
17. What was the name of the virus that devastated the world in 1918? Spanish Flu
18. How many people did this virus kill? 60 million
19. In which years did World War One take place?
20. During which years did the U.S. participate in WWI?