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1 Woodrow Wilson

2 Background Political Scientist President of Princeton Governor of New Jersey

3 Election of 1912 Wilson (Democrat) vs Taft (Republican) vs Roosevelt (Progressive or Bull Moose) Republicans split their vote between Taft and Roosevelt, Wilson wins election

4 Wilson and Isolationism When WWI started, Wilson favored isolationism “The United States will remain neutral, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought as well”

5 The U.S. and Neutrality Between February and December 1916 Europe was in a stalemate France lost 550,000 Germans lost 450,00

6 Rethinking Neutrality German U-Boat sunk a British luxury ship “LUSITANIA”, killing 1,198 people (128 Americans) Americans were Furious, but still did not want to enter the way Germans back off of sinking cruise ships

7 1917, Germans re-start aggressive navy attacks Wilson breaks off diplomatic ties with Germany Leads toZimmerman telegram

8 ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM German Arthur Zimmerman urges Mexico to Join Central Powers In return, Germany would help Mexico “recover the lost territory of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona”

9 German U-Boats began attacking American ships On April 2, 1917, Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of War

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