U.S Intervention into WWI

After looking at your homework, respond to the following prompt:

“Is a peace without victory possible?”

The Early Strategy Schlieffen Plan: Two Front Strategy

France gave Russia 10 billion francs

Battle of the Marne-France stopped Germany (changed the war)

Second Battle of the Marne-Ironically end up where they started

Battle of Ypres: Battle where poison gas is used for the first time

Battle of the Somme: 60,000 casualties in 1 hr.

Elan Vitale (offensive spirit)

Russian Collapse Russia is forced to withdraw from the war

as a result of the Bolshevik Revolution

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (1918)

U.S. Neutrality U.S foreign policy

Immigrants

Prospect of business interests

Monroe Doctrine

Representation of Peace

Allied Blockade Neutrality only works if

all parties respect it

International law prohibited blockading non-war material

Led to the sinking of the Lusitania (1915)

Killed 1195 (123 Americans)

German blockade threatened

National Defense Act (1916)

Increase military size

State MilitasFederally owned

Presidential power of national guard (made larger too)

JROTC established

Zimmerman Telegram

Came after German declaration of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare.

Read the excerpt from the Zimmerman Telegram

Answer the questions in your notes

U.S Declaration of War

Read Wilson’s declaration of war at http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/usawardeclaration.htm

Accessible through my wiki page