CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I
Aim: As the United States became a major power on the world stage, what ideas and interests did policymakers seek to promote in international affairs?
Bell Ringer: Grade Period 2 Mock Exam (SAQ) (15 min)
Agenda:
1. BP: WWI (4 min)
2. Review Journal 113 and 114 (5 min)
3. "U.S. banks lent the Allies $2.5 billion. If Germany won and Britain and France defaulted on their debts, American companies would suffer catastrophic losses." page 686
4. Causes: imperialism, alliances, nationalism, militarism
5. Lusitania (WOR), Zimmerman Telegram (WOR/POL).
6. It is crucial to stress that U.S. involvement in WWI represented a departure from the previous foreign policy of noninvolvement in European affairs. Why did Wilson make this break from that foreign policy? (humanitarian and democratic principles?)
7. Because WWI was not a particularly popular war in the United States, it had to be "sold" to the American people. Let's analyze WWI propaganda. Evaluate the audience, purpose, and effectiveness of each poster. http://www.ww1propaganda.com
8. You may be surprised to learn that half a million Americans died during the influenza pandemic of 1918. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/influenza/#part01
Exam Alert: The 2000 AP U.S. History exam asked students to consider the extent to which the United States achieved its objectives for entering WWI.
Terms to know: Remember the Maine, Teller Amendment, Platt Amendment, Open Door Policy, Boxer Rebellion, Panama Canal, Roosevelt Corollary, Zimmermann telegram,
Home Learning:
Home Learning:
1. Read the rest of the chapter.
2. Journal 115 - In what ways did the Treaty of Versailles embody - or fail to embody - Wilson's Fourteen Points?
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