1. Cartoon Published 1914 Road to US Involvement in WWI—Document A

2. Allied Soldiers-1915 Road to US Involvement in WWI—Document B

3. Neutrality demonstration Washington D.C. -- 1915
Road to U.S. Involvement in WWI—Document C

4. British Cartoon Published in U.S. Newspapers--1915
Document D

5. May, 1915
Road to US Involvement in WWI—Document E

6. Value of U.S. Exports to Europe 1910-1915
Dollars in
Millions
Document F

7. Wilson re-election campaign--1916 Document G

8. Excerpt from telegram message written by German foreign minister Zimmerman to ambassador from Mexico -- Feb. 1917
We intend to begin unrestricted submarine warfare. We shall endeavor to keep the United States neutral. In the event of this not succeeding, we make Mexico a proposal of alliance on the following basis: Make war together, make peace together, generous financial support, an understanding on our part that Mexico Is to reconquer the lost territory in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.
Document H

9. Road to US Involvement in
March 1917 – German Navy resumes “unrestricted submarine warfare.” Four U.S. merchant vessels on the North Atlantic are sunk.
Road to US Involvement in
WWI—Document I

10. An excerpt from President Woodrow Wilson’s
Document J
An excerpt from President Woodrow Wilson’s
address to Congress on April 2, 1917
. . . Property can be paid for; the lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot be. The present German submarine warfare against commerce is warfare against mankind we are glad to fight for the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of its peoples for the rights of nations great and small and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life The world must be made safe for democracy. . . We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no domination It is fearful to lead this great peaceful nation into war But right is more precious than peace.