1. WWI

2. The sinking of the Lusitania
Which event most influenced President Wilson’s decision to enter World War I?
The sinking of the Lusitania
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The renewal of unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany
Zimmerman telegram from Germany to Mexico

4. New Technology

5. American forces entered WWI as part of the American Expeditionary Force, AEF.
America entered WWI under the command of John Pershing.

6. Pershing insisted that American forces be well trained and fight together.

7. Battle of “Argonne Forest”

9. Made it a crime to criticize the war effort. Also known as the Draft
 Espionage Act of 1917
 Selective Service Act Passed
Homefront
Red Scare
Women and African Americans
 Nation-wide panic that communist might seize power
 Began to fill jobs left open by men going to war