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War in Europe. US was neutral US split support Central Powers: German and Irish pop. Allied: British tradition; French in Amer. Rev Leaned more towards Allies Germ. = autocracy Attack on neutral Belgium Germ agents in US British propaganda. $ with Neutrality.
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War in Europe • US was neutral • US split support • Central Powers: German and Irish pop. • Allied: British tradition; French in Amer. Rev • Leaned more towards Allies • Germ. = autocracy • Attack on neutral Belgium • Germ agents in US • British propaganda
$ with Neutrality • Traded with both sides at 1st • More trading w/ Allies • JP Morgan – $2.3 bill loan to Allies • British blockade prevented trade to Germ • Brit. Forced USS into ports
U-BOOT • German submarine • Stop Brit. Blockade • Lusitania – May 1915 • 128 Amer. • WW – warning to Germ • Bryan resigned as Sec. of State • Arabic – Aug. 1915 – 2 US • Sussex Pledge – March 1916 • Germ warn ships
1916 Election • WW – “He kept us out of the war.” • Rep. – Charles Evans Hughes • WW went to bed thinking he lost • Barely won • California – won by 3K votes
Declaration of War • 1917 • Germany – unrestricted submarine warfare • Zimmerman Note – possible Germany – Mexican alliance • Russian Revolution – no despots for Allies • Wilson – “make world safe for democracy” • April 6, 1917
Schenck vs. US • Justice Holmes sets out the "clear and present danger" test: • The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic. [...] The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent