Transcript The US provided supplies, financial aid, and troops

1783: Treaty of Paris ends the
Revolutionary War
1812: The War of 1812
1823: The Monroe Doctrine
declares the US neutral in all
European wars
1845: Texas is annexed
1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (CA, AZ, NM, NV, UT)
1861-65: Civil War (don’t write
this down…yay 8th grade!)
1898: Treaty of Paris ends the
Spanish Empire and the SpanishAmerican War; establishes the U.S.
as a colonial power
(Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico)
1905: Treaty of Portsmouth allows
Teddy Roosevelt to negotiate
peace between Japan and Russia
1916: Woodrow Wilson ran as the
Democratic candidate for president on
the promise of neutrality in WWI
WHY,
You ask?
Or, in reality,
“Is America neutral?”
US declares itself neutral at war’s start
• Planned to trade with both sides
• Isolationism – a policy of avoiding political
or military involvement with other countries
• Most Americans favored the allied powers
• Why? Historic, economic, and cultural
connections
• British Propaganda flooded into the US
Strong British navy blocks Central
Powers from receiving any goods
• Crop failures led to food shortage in
Germany
• German survival threatened by lack of US
trade
• The Germans respond with unrestricted
submarine warfare
The American public was
outraged. Some blamed
the British, but most
blamed Germany.
The Germans promised to
stop attacking neutral
ships, but some people in
the U.S. government did
not believe them.
Sec. of State William
Jennings Bryan urged
Wilson to prohibit
Americans from traveling
on belligerent ships.
When Wilson refused,
Bryan resigned.
The U-Boat Response
• German attacks violated rules of war
• May 7th, 1915 a German U-boat torpedoed
a British passenger ship – The Lusitania
• 128 Americans among 1198 dead
• Americans are outraged, leading Germany
to swear off attacking neutral ships
• However, unrestricted submarine warfare
continued in 1917
Zimmerman Telegram
• Sent to Mexico by German official
• Germans wanted Mexican support in war
against US
• British intercepted the message and made
it public
In April of 1917
Wilson asked
Congress
to declare
war on the
Central Powers
to
“make the world
safe for
democracy!”
The fresh American troops boosted morale in Europe
Let’s watch a video clip with Billy Murray’s (not that Bill
Murray) hit song “Over There” in the background as
some authentic video footage of WWI plays
Afterward you will have an opportunity to sing for some EC!
“Over There”
Johnnie get your gun, get your gun, get your gun
Take it on the run, on the run, on the run
Hear them calling you and me;
Every son of liberty.
Hurry right away, no delay, go today
Make your daddy glad to have had such a lad,
Tell your sweetheart not to pine,
To be proud her boys in line.
Over there, Over there
Send the word send the word over there.
That the Yanks are coming, The Yanks are coming,
The drums rum-tumming everywhere.
So Prepare, say a prayer,
Send the word, send the word to beware,
We’ll be over, we’re coming over,
And we won’t come back till it’s over over there
Johnnie get your gun, get your gun, get your gun.
Johnnie, show the Hun you’re a son of a gun.
Hoist the flag and let her fly,
Yankee Doodle do or die.
Pack your little kit, show your grit, do your bit.
Yankee to the ranks from the towns and the tanks.
Make your lover proud of you,
And the old Red, White, and Blue.
Chorus
The U.S. provided supplies, financial aid, and troops
US declares war on Central
Powers – April 2nd, 1917
• Fresh troops boost morale of weary
European soldiers
• US provided supplies & financial aid