Homework 11/5/10

1.) List four principles of the Fourteen Points. Which of the Fourteen Points did Wilson think was most important?
• Eliminate secret treaties and causes of war through open diplomacy
• Securing freedom of the seas
• Develop free trade
• And encouraging disarmament
• Wilson believed the most important was the 14th - general association of nations
2.) List three types of anti-German propaganda used by the U.S. during the war.
• German institutions and organizations closed
• Symphonies restricted to play German composer's music
• 14 states banned the learning of German in public schools
3.) What was the purpose of the Committee on Public Information?
• Promote war domestically
• C.P.I shaped information Americans got about the war and encouraged support
• Hoped for more enlistment by increased showings of patriotism

Homework 11/4/10

1. What was President Wilson’s initial stance toward U.S. involvement in the war?

• President Wilson wanted to keep the United States neutral and out of the war initially
• Wanted US to act as a "model" to other countries
• Stay out of Europe's problems
  

2. Why was it difficult to maintain neutrality?

• Both countries wanted US on their side - choosing stalled the progressive of the war
• Ethnic groups and immigrants choosing sides
• Pro-Allied sympathies of the Wilson administration
• US has economic links with the Allies
  
• Britain flew American flags and sunk ships using them
  
• As a result, Germany thought America was apart of the war
  

3. After the Lusitania sank, two groups of people criticized President Wilson’s actions. Who were they, and what problems did they see with his actions?

• Teddy Roosevelt - want war because of Americans killed by the Germans
  
• Henry Cabot Lodge - angered that Germany did that
  

4. What two actions did Germany take which led Wilson to declare war?

• Renewal of of unrestricted submarine warfare
• Disclose of the Zimmerman telegraph - promising Mexico that it will help it reclaim land from America if they helped Germany