1. Objective: Evaluate the reasons for to why the United States entered World War 1 BR 1) Summarize the clip 2) Why do you think people mistreated the girl? Is it acceptable that she was mistreated? What should be done? 3) All in all, do we treat people differently when in war? Why?

2. What message does this cartoon give?

4. Reason for U.S. Entry Into War 1) Sinking of Luistania, 150 innocent Americans killed by Germans 2) Do we take it seriously when innocent Americans are killed today? – North Korea

5. Zimmerman telegram Germany sends message to Mexico telling them to attack U.S. They would get New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas back.

6. Zimmerman Telegram

7. Anti German Sentiment Many German-language newspapers were closed down. Public schools stopped teaching German. musicians no longer played Bach and Beethoven sauerkraut "liberty cabbage"; dachshunds "liberty hounds"; and German measles "liberty measles." St. Louis had a large German American population. Luxembourg, Missouri became Lemay; Berlin Avenue was renamed Pershing; Bismark Street became Fourth Street; Kaiser Street was changed to Gresham. Robert Prager, Illinois, lynched

8. Exit Slip 1) Why did the U.S. enter the war? 2) Do we mistreat those that we are at war with today?

9. Objective: Understand the reasons for U.S. entry into the war by analyzing political cartoons BR 1) Continue to answer political cartoon questions (Due end of class) 2) Complete OPVL (pick 1 cartoon) hw?