1. The Unites States Enters WWI Pgs. 320 – 327
Chapter 9.1
The Unites States Enters WWI
Pgs. 320 – 327

2. World War I Begins Militarism & Alliances
Alliances have been created since the 1860s
Everyone is trying to get bigger friends
Bigger friends = militarism
You need a big military to be scary
Germany forces Britain to take sides
They like the underdog
2 sides emerge
Triple Alliance vs. the Triple Entente
World War I Begins

3. Cont. Imperialism & Nationalism Patriotism vs. Nationalism
I’m better than you, and am willing to fight to prove it
Problems in the Balkans
They’ve been imperialized & don’t like it
Struggled for independence from Austria-Hungary
Serbia v. Austria
Russia sided w/ Serbia
Cont.

4. Cont. A Terrorist Attack Brings War
Archduke Ferdinand killed by Serbian terrorist
The Alliances are triggered
Serbia Austria
Russia Germany
France
Cont.

5. Cont. Germany’s Plan Fails The plan was to hook through Belgium
This pulls Britain into the war
Russia attacks
The war grinds to a halt
Central Powers
Allies
Germany
Britain
Austria-Hungary
France
Ottoman Empire
Russia
Bulgaria
Italy
Cont.

6. America Declares War Americans Take Sides
What might have influenced the opinions of the American people?
Preparedness vs. Peacefulness
Government Officials Back Britain
British propaganda appealed to Americans
Cut the cable across the Atlantic
Business Supports Britain
Banks loaned money, but mostly to the Allies
America Declares War

7. Cont. Moving Towards War German Submarines Go into Action
Britain had been blockading Germany
Germany relied on its U-Boats to do the same
Why would we be okay w/ Britain's actions but not Germany’s?
The Germans sink the Lusitania
1200 people (128 Americans) died
Germany issued the Sussex Pledge
Cont.

8. Cont. The United States Declares War
The Zimmerman Note
Was this really believable?
Did it matter?
April 2nd, 1917 the US enters WWI
Movie Clip
Why did the Zimmermann Note bring us into the war when we let so many other things go?
Cont.