US Declares War

Zimmerman Note decoded by the British and presented to the US.

Excerpts from Wilson 2 April 1917I have called the Congress into extraordinary session because there are serious, very serious, choices of policy to be made, and made immediately, which it was neither right nor constitutionally permissible that I should assume the responsibility of making.

On the 3d of February last I officially laid before you the extraordinary announcement of the Imperial German Government that on and after the 1st day of February it was its purpose to put aside all restraints of law or of humanity and use its submarines to sink every vessel that sought to approach either the ports of Great Britain and Ireland or the western coasts of Europe or any of the ports controlled by the enemies of Germany within the Mediterranean.

It is a war against all nations. American ships have been sunk, American lives taken, in ways which it has stirred us very deeply to learn of, but the ships and people of other neutral and friendly nations have been sunk and overwhelmed in the waters in the same way.

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion.

Guns and ButterBuilding your army for war

An Industrial Nation Prepares for War

Who will fight?

World War I is Usually Associated With…• Technology• Trench Warfare• Killing• Killing of Civilians• Casualties

Long Term WWI Impact

World War I technology will be perfected by the time WWII begins leading to more casualties.

Russia’s Revolution of 1917 created panic in the US and resulted in the Cold War (1917-1989).

Arabia was divided and resulted in many nationalist emerging.

Russian Revolution

B Bourgeoisie or the Ruling class. In this case, the Czar of Russia

P Proletariat or the working people

The proletariats will be led by a revolutionary. That revolutionary will remove the bourgeoisie from power an establish a temporary government.

Russian Revolution the Czar vs. Lenin

Ottoman EmpireGreeks, Armenians, Turks, Bulgarians, Arabs, Jews and Christians trying to live together.

The British will try to form an alliance with the Arabs to fight against the

Turks. Who were the Turks? The leaders of the

Ottoman Empire were Turks and they wanted to

make everyone in the empire Turkish by Turkifying them.

Importance of WWI

• Leads to WWII• Technology perfected and used later during

WWII• Casualties (some civilians)• First genocide to occur (using current

standards and definitions)• Carve up the Middle East we know today• Russia and her revolution

Century Video

1. Important points that pertain to what we have discussed in class so far

2. What new information did you learn?

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