1. THE ROAD TO WAR Lusitania (May 1915)
(1) How did American newspapers respond to sinking of Lusitania?
(2) What did neutrality mean to President Wilson?
Lusitania warning
(Cobb Heritage Centre, England; photo by Larry O. Nighswander/NGS)
The Lusitania in New York City (Library of Congress) (Brinkley); Lusitania warning; Though New York newspapers carried warnings from the German embassy about the dangers of transatlantic travel, the passengers who boarded the Lusitania on May 1, 1915, probably did not imagine themselves in serious danger from submarine attack. The ship was sunk on May 7. Of the 1,959 passengers and crewmembers, 1,198 died, including 128 Americans. (Cobb Heritage Centre, England; photo by Larry O. Nighswander/NGS); Pageant 13e
The Lusitania in New York City (Library of Congress)

2. Write down the following prompts in preparation for a video, “WWI U. S
Write down the following prompts in preparation for a video, “WWI U.S. support and involvement,” (
(1) Federal government took _______________ and gave President Wilson the …
(2) Bernard Baruch noticed about women’s …
(3) The War Industries Board encouraged …
Allocated …
Told manufacturers …  
(4) The War Industries Board encouraged the planting of …
Observing wheat-less …
Conserving electricity by observing …
(5) In order to raise the $33 Billion needed for the war …
(6) George Creel and the Committee on Public Information (CPI) had the job of …
The four-minute men gave …

3. UNITED STATES AT WAR
Read pgs. 459 – 463 to “The War Changes American Society”
Selective Service Act (1917) …
Opposition to war …
Espionage Act (1917) …

4. U.S. Anti-German War Propaganda

5. Discouraging Opposition
Espionage Act of 1917 …
Sedition Act of 1918 …