Transcript Chapter 17 Section 2

Chapter 17 Section 2
From Neutral to
Declaration of War
1) Woodrow Wilson – wanted to keep the
U.S.OUT _____ of the war – NEUTRAL
remain
____________.
1917
NEUTRAL
2) The U.S. entered the war in
______________ after
wanting
to
PROPAGANDA
remain ______________.
3) Both
sidesBRITAIN
tried to use
GREAT
___________________
U.S. to join the war effort
to get the
4) _______________________ set up a
Germany began to useSUBMARINES
_________________ to NAVY
stop the
strong British ___________.
ANY
5) In 1915,UNRESTRICTED
Germany announced
it WARFARE
would
SUBMARINE
attack ____ ship near Great Britain – this
was
called
______________________________
or
MERCHANT
USW.
6) On May 7, 1915, the British liner,
LUSITANIA
____________,
was sunk by a German UBoat. 1,200 people died including 128
Americans.
REMAIN NEUTRAL
Wilson believed the U.S. should
_______________________________.
AMMUNITION AND SUPPLIES
Germany believed the ship was carrying
USW
________________________________
___.
Titanic – sunk in 1912
Length - 882 feet
Height – 175 feet
Tonnage - 46,328
Lusitania – sunk in 1915
787 feet
165 feet
31,550
Queen Mary 2
Cunard Line (as was the Lusitania)
Alive and well in 2012
Length - 1,132 feet (almost 4 football
fields!)
Height – 236 feet
Tonnage 151,400
7) The ZIMMERMAN NOTE
_______________________________ note asking Mexico to join the war
effort with
NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA AND TEXAS
Germany.INTERCEPTED
Mexico would receive
________________________________
__.
Britain _________________________
DECLARATION
the
message and
sent it to the
GERMANY
U.S.
8) Wilson asked for a
Vocabulary
Propaganda – the spreading of ideas, information,
and beliefs to help or hurt a cause
USW – unrestricted submarine warfare – where
subs could sink any and all ships without
sending a warning to the enemy
Zimmerman Note – a message (note) sent by Arthur
Zimmerman to the Mexican government asking
Mexico to join the war effort with Germany against
the U.S., where Mexico would receive Texas, New
Mexico and Arizona if Germany had won the war