1. World War I Why US in WWI: German submarine warfare; sympathy for England and allies; US industrial growth and trade with Europe; Wilson Major events: Neutrality stand; aid to allies ($2b vs. $27m); 1916 election; U-Boat; attacks on Am. ships in 1917 Wilson won 1916: Stay out of war

2. Significance of WWI US entry turned the tide against Germany and made US a world superpower At home: wartime propaganda pushed conformity and postwar Red Scare Impact on Progressivism: war shadowed reforms but women won the votes for their contributions

3. What Happened to African Americans? The Great Migration: Left South for Northern war factories Racial tensions rising in northern cities Progressivism’s failure to improve African American civil rights; segregation of Wash. DC Veterans became leaders for civil rights

4. What Happened to Women? Wartime jobs and service in military if only briefly Many opposed war but others supported it, helping to win Wilson’s support for suffrage 19 th amendment ratified in 1920