Transcript WWI Lab
U.S. Entry into WWI Essential question: Why did the United States enter World War I after it had previously proclaimed neutrality? Causes of WWI • • • • • Militarism Alliance system Imperialism Nationalism Causes video segment (8:45) Alliances Allied Powers (Triple Entente) • France • Russia • Great Britain • Italy (1915) • • • • Central Powers Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Early years of the war • • • • • • • Trench warfare Stalemate Mass death Destruction New weapons/technology Historic ties to British and French U.S. neutrality Essential Question • Why did the United States enter World War I after it had previously proclaimed neutrality? Woodrow Wilson • Election of 1912-won less than 50% of the popular vote because of Republican split • Wilson, a Democrat from NJ won traditional southern Democratic votes as well as Progressives for opposition to political machines • Progressive reforms as President: Child Labor Act, Clayton Antitrust Act, Federal Trade Commission • Supported segregation, screening of “Birth of a Nation at the White House” Sources to consider • Secondary source-Your textbook pages 377-380. For homework, you finished the graphic organizer filling in details about the events leading to WWI. • Primary sources-With a partner, you will read excerpts from two speeches from President Wilson. One delivered to Congress August 19, 1914 and the other Wilson’s war address from April 2, 1917. • Secondary source-An excerpted article from Howard Zinn a social historian. Work to do • With your partner, decide who will read each of the two speeches. • Answer question #1 or #2 based on the speech you read. • Share your opinion/summary of your speech with your partner. • Together, answer #3 and #4 on Wilson’s speeches. Next… • With your partner, using the graphic organizer filled in using your textbook, answer guiding question #1 and #2. • On your own, read the Howard Zinn article. Be sure to read and consider question #1 prior to reading the article. Answer the remaining questions when you finish the article. • Discuss your reading with your group of four. Essential Question Why did the United States enter WWI? With your group of four, formulate a position statement with 3-5 pieces of evidence. Consider the following evidence: Your textbook Howard Zinn’s article Wilson’s speeches Prior knowledge you may have of WWI Homework Write an op-ed piece for the Kansas City Star to run on April 6th, 2017, the 100th anniversary of US entry into WWI. You should answer the essential question of “Why did the United States enter World War I after it had previously proclaimed neutrality?”in your editorial. Be sure to include specific evidence you can cite from the sources you read during this investigation.