1. Review #7: WWI – WWII in the United States
Pg. 28 & 29

2. World War I (WWI)
US is a neutral nation (but favored democratic nations)
Most Americans wanted to stay out of the war
US enters in 1917

3. Historical Circumstances (Causes)
U.S. Foreign Policy at the start of WWI =NEUTRALITY
***Freedom of Seas violated
U.S. is a neutral nation  should be able to trade freely
Sinking of the Lusitania
Zimmerman telegram

4. At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, most Americans believed that
their country should stay out of the war
sending direct aid to Russia was necessary and desirable
the government should immediately declare war against Germany
the government should be more concerned with conditions in the Far East than with events in Europe
The United States entered World War I mainly because the United States
wanted to protect its colonial empire in the Pacific Ocean area
believed that its rights as a neutral nation had been violated
was required by treaty obligations to aid France and Great Britain
suffered a direct military attack

5. Impact of WWI Draft (Selective Service Act)
Civil liberties are limited
Schenck v. United States
US becomes leading creditor nation
Economy booming; leading industrial nation
US does not join League of Nations or ratify Treaty of Versailles (scared of foreign entanglements)

6. a just and lasting peace the containment of fascism
President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points were proposals that he believed would bring about
a just and lasting peace
the containment of fascism
a reduction in United States involvement in world affairs
a reestablishment of the prewar political situation in Europe
The United States Senate rejected United States membership in the League of Nations after World War I mainly because its Senate opponents
feared that membership would infringe upon United States national sovereignty
believed that membership would end United States participation in military alliances
did not wish to give financial aid to an international organization
were more concerned about the domestic problems created by the Great Depression

7. Great Depression High Unemployment + Low Demand = Economic Depression
(WWII)

8. Historical Circumstances (Causes)
WWI  booming economy & desire to “return to normalcy”
Laissez- faire policy – “the business of America is business” (Coolidge)
Roaring Twenties
Mass Consumption & buying on credit
Weak banking structure and world economy

9. Impact of the Great Depression
Unemployment = homelessness, poverty
Hoovervilles, Dust Bowl
FDR & the NEW DEAL
Relief, recovery, reform (domestic program)
Alphabet agencies; example: FDIC, AAA
Helped people cope with Great Depression
Restored confidence in the government
********Government assumed a stronger role and responsibility for the citizens*********

10. The most immediate goal of the New Deal programs proposed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt was to
have the states assume responsibility for relief programs
control wages and prices
conserve natural resources
provide work for the unemployed
A major difference between the programs of the Presidential administrations of the 1920s and the programs of the New Deal was that the New Deal
eliminated job discrimination for women and minorities
emphasized Federal Government involvement in the economy
encouraged rugged individualism
promoted supply-side economics

11. World War II (WWII) 1939-1945 U.S. enters in 1941 after Pearl Harbor
Tried to stay neutral until direct attack

12. Historical Circumstances (Causes)
Great Depression (in U.S. & globally)
Rise of Hitler & fascist governments
Appeasement fails
US relationship with Japan deteriorates
*****Pearl Harbor ******* (direct attack)

13. Impact of WWII During WWII: After WWII: U.S. is a superpower Cold War
women in the workforce
Japanese-American internment
After WWII:
U.S. is a superpower
Cold War
Containment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Korea, Vietnam
Baby Boom (1950s)
Prosperity & Suburbanization (1950s)
Civil Rights (1950s-1960s) & Women’s Rights Movements (1960s-1970s)