American enters the War'

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American enters the War.
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Reasons for American Intervention

• 1. Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
• Sinking of the Lusitania.(1915)
• Sussex Pledge (1916) Germans vowed not to sink
  merchant vessels without warning.
• Return to unrestricted submarine warfare.
• Germany felt they had enough subs to choke off
  the British and risk war with the US.

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More reasons

• 2. Allied Propaganda. Kinship to British and
  the French connection.
• 3. Hostility toward Germany. Belgium, submarine
  warfare, sabotage, and the Zimmerman Note.
• 4. American economic interests. The Wall Street
  connection and additional sales to allied
  countries.

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And yet more reasons.

• 5. American Idealism. the world must be
  make safe for democracy. The war to end all
  wars.
• 6. American security. Militaristic Germany
  would replace England as the dominant power in
  Europe.

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America at the home front

• Increase in Presidential powers.
• Mobilizing the economy.
• Influencing public opinion.
• Punishing espionage and sedition.

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War is hell on the home front too!

• Financing the war.
• Providing military manpower.

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Military aspects of the war.

• Worldwide involvement.
• New Weapons.
• Naval warfare.
• The Front
• Eastern
• Southern
• Western

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The early tank.
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No Mans land
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American Military Contributions

• American Expeditionary Force totaled over 2
  million men.
• Led by General Pershing.
• Chateau-Thierry, Belleau Wood, St. Mihiel, The
  Meuse-Argonne Forest.
• US 4,355,000 126,000 234,300 4,526

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Survival
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Student assignment

• Research and analysis of
• Wilsons Fourteen Points.
• Treaty of Versailles.
• Senate rejection of the treaty.