World War I
Public Opinion
Propaganda
Opposition to War
Sinking of the Lusitania May 1915
American Conflict with Germany
The Arabic and Sussex Pledges
“He Kept Us Out of War”
Election of 1916
“Peace without Victory”
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Jan 1917 Zimmerman Note - Promised…
"On the first of February we intend to begin submarine warfare unrestricted. In spite of this, it is our intention to endeavor to keep neutral the United States of America. If this attempt is not successful, we propose an alliance on the following basis with Mexico: That we shall make war together and together make peace. We shall give general financial support, and it is understood that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. The details are left to you for settlement...."
Russian Revolution - 1917 March Revolution… October Revolution…
“The world must be made safe for Democracy” April 6, 1917
Mobilization - Industry and Labor Bernard Baruch Herbert Hoover
Victory Gardens
Mobilization - Financial
Mobilization – Public Opinion George Creel – Committee on Public Information
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Schenck v. United States 1919 Oliver Wendell Holmes “clear and present danger”
Selective Service Act (1917)
African Americans
American Expeditionary Force General John J. “BlackJack” Pershing
Alvin C. York Pall Mall, TN Most celebrated hero of the war
“Doughboys” “Yanks” “OVER THERE”
Hindenburg Line
Chateau-Thierry
Belleau Wood
American 30th Infantry Division Breaching the Hindenburg Line
November 11, 1918 – 11 am
Effects on American Society Women… Mexicans & African Americans …
Race Riots
The Fourteen Points
Treaty of Versailles
“Big Four”
Midterm Elections Henry Cabot Lodge
The Senate Rejects the Treaty
Demobilization
Spanish Influenza
Red Scare
Labor Unrest U.S. Steel