US Attempts Neutrality World War I Alliances 45 Source: http://users.netropolis.net/slummit/port/katieh/map1.gif Trench Warfare Source: http://ux1.eiu.edu/~cfnek/gifsplus/british/tren ches.jpg US Attempts Neutrality Source: http://visualhistory.freewebpages.org/WorldWarI.html Woodrow Wilson won re-election in 1916 by keeping us out of the war Assassination of the Archduke sparked the beginnings of war The Alliance system helped to start WW I The life of a soldier in the trenches of Europe The sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 nearly took the U.S. to war. Zimmerman Note is offered to Mexico to keep the U.S. out of the war Terrible new weapons such as machine guns and poison gas killed millions Soldier prepare to go “Over the Top”

War fought by Every American Dough Boys in Europe 46 Source: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/jb/recon/jb_recon_flagg_1_e.jpg War fought by Every American Source: http://visualhistory.freewebpages.org/WorldWarI.html Women and Minorities Source: http://visualhistory.freewebpages.org/WorldWarI.html Some leaders like Eugene Debs went to jail because of war opposition Men waiting in draft lines The military fought in segregated units WW I Hero Alvin York Flu Epidemic of 1918 caused more deaths than the war did. Woman took many jobs in factories to replace fighting men The war effort was meant to include all Americans Famous ad designed to bring men to the nation’s service

Wilson’s 14 Points 47 Peace Conference Fight over the Treaty Source: http://visualhistory.freewebpages.org/WorldWarI.html Peace Conference Source: http://www.woodrowwilsonhouse.org/images/Paris.jpg Fight over the Treaty Source: http://history.acusd.edu/gen/USPics/83701.jpg http://www.charitynet.org/~grangeald/woodrow.jpg Henry Cabot Lodge led the opposition to the Versailles Treaty The “Big Four” outside the treaty location at Versailles. Wilson’s plan for peace called the “14 Points” Woodrow Wilson Wilson took a cross country tour promoting the treaty Wilson’s most ambitious creation was the League of Nations The Versailles Treaty met with harsh opposition in the U.S. U.S. Senate kills the Treaty of Versailles in the U.S.

Labor Troubles 48 Fear of Radicals Return to Normalcy Source: http://visualhistory.freewebpages.org/WorldWarI.html Fear of Radicals Source: http://visualhistory.freewebpages.org/WorldWarI.html Return to Normalcy The Red Scare had many believing the U.S. may have hard times ahead Socialist view of the world being on the working man’s back A Mitchell Palmer led government raids looking for undesirable socialists Will anarchy and socialism explode in the U.S.? Presidents Harding and Coolidge wanted laissez-faire policies to guide the gov’t The Klan expanded its membership as it protested against immigration and the Reds. Immigration became a hot topic and we passed discriminatory immigration laws. Sacco and Vanzetti were put to death many believe because of political views

Organized Crime 49 20’s Flappers Scopes Trial Entrance to a speakeasy Source: http://www.chicagohs.org/history/capone/gif/capnemug.jpg 20’s Flappers Source: http://visualhistory.freewebpages.org/WorldWarI.html Scopes Trial Source: http://www.kmatthews.org.uk/cult_archaeology/images/darrow_bryan.jpg Entrance to a speakeasy Woman “bobbing” her hair short Urban congestion and the rise of the auto Four Young Flappers Ticker-tape machines gave stock reports of the very successful stock market of the 20’s The Scopes Trial brought science and religion into direct conflict Famous gangster Al Capone was finally convicted for tax evasion Cars become a reality for a large part of America

Charles Lindbergh 50 Langston Hughes 20’s Entertainment Source: http://www.willrogers.com/WHATSNEW/spirit/spirit04.jpg Langston Hughes Source: http://www.oberlin.edu/con/bkstage/200211/imgs/lhughes.jpg 20’s Entertainment Source: http://www.occ.cccd.edu/departments/instruction/arts/film/images/chaplin2.gif http://www.paulsann.org/thelawlessdecade/new/26-cb2.gif Babe Ruth of the Yankees Mickey Mouse makes his debut Charlie Chaplin as the “Tramp” Charles Lindbergh Marcus Garvey led a Negro Nationalism movement designed to take blacks back to Africa for equality Poet Langston Hughes wrote about the feelings of African Americans Clara Bow was one of Hollywood’s biggest stars F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Great Gatsby”