1. World War I review Don’t just read history, study it!

2. 1914 Why Central Powers called central? How did that influence the war? Why neutrality in U.S.? Why U.S. began to favor Allies? (culture, propaganda, trade, form of gov’t)

3. 1915 Why labor shortage? Impact of Lusitania: overrated? Impact of British blockade: underrated?

4. 1916 Sussex Pledge Election slogans Post election try for “Peace w/o victory”: what, how, why so Wilson?

5. 1917 Unrestricted sub warfare Zimmermann Note Army expansion African-American contributions Women contributions

6. “conflict of smokestacks” Increase production – Labor supply – Resource supply – Streamline – Convoy system

7. War Industries Board Why government given so much power? Why inflation so high? How war good for business, not for workers? “work or fight” threat Take over railroads Great Migration: where, why?

8. War for the mind “gospel of the clean plate” Herbert Hoover Victory gardens CPI, George Creel Four minute men

9. Anti-German actions Espionage (spying), Sedition (“say” bad things) Eugene Debs, Schenck v. U.S.

10. Losing the Peace Fourteen Points: more than Moses Why Allies not interested? Don’t they want peace too? Treaty of Versailles Why sale failed (politics, isolationism, too harsh, too this, too that) Henry Cabot Lodge Wilson near to kills himself: tragic end to giant