1. THE ROAD TO WAR
OBJ: TO DETERMINE THE EVENTS THAT LED THE UNITED STATES AND WOODROW WILSON TO ENTER WWI

2. I. SHOCKED BY THE SLAUGHTER
A. BATTLES 1916
1. VERDUN – 1 M dead/1M wounded
2. SOMME – 1M dead/wounded
B. WILSON ELECTED
1. CHOSE DIPLOMACY – “WHAT ARE YOUR TERMS?”
2. JANUARY 1917 “PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY SPEECH”
*ALL NATIONS =
*SELF-DETERMINATION
*DISARMAMENT
*FREEDOM OF THE SEAS
*INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION

3. C. GERMANY RESPONDED WITH IRON FIST
NEW UBOATS
2. RENEGED ON SUSSEX PLEDGE – VIOLATION OF US NEUTRAL RIGHTS
GERMAN LEADERS “WE’LL WIN IN 5 MONTHS”

4. 3. ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM 2/’17 ^MEXICAN SUPPORT IN EXCHANGE FOR AZ, NM, TX ^US CLOSER TO WAR ^VIOLATION OF NEUTRAL RIGHTS ^AMERICAN ANGER SHIFTED PUBLIC OPINION

5. II. IN THE MEANTIME…… A. RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 1. STUMBLING BLOCK REMOVED
2. APPEARED WAR WAS DEMOCRACY VS. AUTOCRACY
CZAR NICHOLAS II & FAMILY

6. B. DECLARATION OF WAR 1. SUSSEX PLEDGE WAS GAMBLE 2. AMERICAN ECONOMY
3. SPREAD DEMOCRACY
4. APRIL 17, 1917 WAR DECLARATION

7. C. WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR?

8. And Lady McBeth said: ‘A little water clears us of this deed’

9. MARK STOLER ROSS GREGORY
D. HISTORIOGRAPHY
MARK STOLER
WILSON DREW U.S. INTO WAR
U.S. NEVER NEUTRAL
MOST FAVORED ALLIES:ECO, CULT, IDEOL SIMILAR
ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY
AMERICAN ECONOMY
WW UNWILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS PARTIALITY
BR. ACTIONS DIDN’T COST LIVES
ROSS GREGORY
GERMANY DROVE U.S. TO WAR
AMERICAN POLICY FAVORED ALLIES
U.S. WORLD POSITION
PROTECT AMERICAN HONOR
PROTECT AMERICAN RIGHTS & INTERESTS