1. Reaction to the War created a renewed sense of patriotism, young men rushed to enlist in the army, people saw the war as an exciting adventure
ALL propaganda has an…
*AUDIENCE,
*MESSAGE OF SUPPORT,
*NEGATIVE MESSAGE
Pick 3 posters, and provide all three aspects for each propaganda poster

2. Freedom of the Seas

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

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

5. U-Boats
German submarines, called U-boats, torpedoed enemy ships and neutral ships trading with the enemy.
The German navy used the Unterwasserboot, or U-boat

6. Unrestricted Warfare
U-boats sink 5,000 ships measuring more than 13 million gross tons during the war.
navy significantly smaller than the UK,
kicked off the modern era of submarine warfare
U-boats in the North Sea quickly proved their might, sinking HMS Pathfinder and HMS Formidable, among others.

9. Lusitania
In 1915, a German submarine torpedoed the Lusitania, a British passenger ship, killing approximately 1,200 people, including 128 Americans.
Germans claimed it was carrying weapons from America.
Evidence in how quickly it sank.

11. Zimmermann telegram Secret message from Germany to Mexico
Germany urges Mexico to attack the U.S.
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. – *

12. Zimmermann Telegram as Received by the German Ambassador to Mexico, (right) decoded words

14. USA Joins WWI USA joins with the allies
Wanted to protect freedom of the seas
Selective Service Act (1917) required all men from the age of 21 to 30 to register for the military draft
By 1918, approximately 4 million Americans joined the armed forces.