WORLD WAR IU.S. ENTERS WAR

WILSON’S DIPLOMACYA. Mexican Revolution

1. Diaz- Military dictator of Mexico2. Madero- led revolt and overthrew Diaz3. Huerta- took over government 2 years after Madero and

was then murdered

WILSON’S DIPLOMACYB. Wilson sends in troops

1. Sailors arrested in restricted area

2. Pancho Villa: led border raids on the U.S.

**Wilson’s Mexican policy damaged foreign relations

OUTBREAK OF WAR The event that touched off the first declaration of war in

WWI was the… Assassination of the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary

OUTBREAK OF WARA. Alliance System

1. Triple-Alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy2. Franco-Russian Alliance

MAP OF WWI

OUTBREAK OF WARB. Naval Race- 1898

1. Triple Entente (Allies) : France, Britain, and Russia

OUTBREAK OF WARC. Balkan Crisis

1. Nationalism: devotion to interests & culture of one’s nation

2. Self-determination: each country determines own government

3. Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia 1908

OUTBREAK OF WARD. Germany’s plans fail

1. Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

2. Allies gain more power

AMERICAN NEUTRALITYA. Business links

• Allies relied on the U.S. for war supplies

B. Propaganda• aimed to sway the people

toward the war

MOVING TOWARD WARA. Blockade

• U.S. felt threatened with Germany’s new naval powerB. Lusitania – sunk May 7, 1915

• Public opinion against Germany**Wilson re-elected for keeping the U.S. out of war

MOVING TOWARD WARC. U.S. Declares War 1917

1. Zimmerman Note: if Mexico allied with Germany, Germany would help Mexico regain TX, NM, & AZ.

2. Feb. 1917- German U-boats sink 4 American unarmed ships3. April 6, 1917- U.S. declares war

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