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US reactions to WW1 before our involvement in war and causes for US involvement. By: Amy Sonderman. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2450/3552631696_91271f776d.jpg. http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/wp-content/uploads/2007/screenhunter_world_war_i.jpg. Causes of World War 1.
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US reactions to WW1 before our involvement in war and causes for US involvement By: Amy Sonderman http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2450/3552631696_91271f776d.jpg
http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/wp-content/uploads/2007/screenhunter_world_war_i.jpghttp://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/wp-content/uploads/2007/screenhunter_world_war_i.jpg Causes of World War 1 • UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE was the main reason (April, 2) • Mutual Defense Alliances (one country was attacked, allied countries would protect them) • Imperialism • Militarism • Nationalism
W O O D R O W W I L S O N Wanted the United States to remain neutral in this conflict. US entered and declared war on April 6, 1917. http://answersinhistory.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/woodrow.jpg
Lusitania attacked by German U-boats (British ocean liner) • 1 of 90 ships destroyed by German U-boats • 1200 people killed- 128 Americans Lusitania • May , 1915: Germany’s aggression reached turning point http://www.atlanticliners.com/Images/Ship%20Images/Mazzella/Lusitania-Sinking.jpg
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“We need to be impartial in thought and in action” http://0.tqn.com/d/history1900s/1/0/O/wwi4.gif
Arthur Zimmerman Z I M M E R M A N NOTE -Note sent out on January 16, 1917 -Sent by German Secretary Arthur Zimmerman to Mexico Proposed a military alliance against the United States Mexico to regain land Convinced congress to declare war against Germany -1917 -Stating that the US was in danger of war http://www.famouswhy.com/pictures/people/arthur_zimmermann.jpg
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Crucial turning point in American history World war 1 http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-/WW1-mustard-gas-attack.jpg
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