HIST 151 1st Edition Lecture 19 Outline of Last Lecture I Chapter 21 Progressivism from Grass Roots to the White House 1890 1916 cont Outline of Current Lecture II Chapter 22 WWI Progressive Crusade Home Abroad 1914 1920 Woodrow Wilson U Boats Lusitania Zimmermann Telegram Allied and Central Powers Imperialism Naturalism Current Lecture Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson elected in 1912 Democrat Progressivist Impacted the war so much influenced how WWII was handled and effected the ideology Only president to ever receive a PhD first president to receive Nobel Prize Peace No political experience has a domestic agenda focused on regulation and reform Promises to continue Progressive reform U Boats Lusitania Germans took the idea from American Civil War Merrimack and the Monitor Iron clad ships o Transformed iron clad idea and invented U boats submarines o Used in naval warfare armed German U boats targeted British ships Lusitania 1915 British ship carrying 128 American passengers off the coast of Ireland hit by missile from U Boat o Ship was also transporting weapons of warfare o All passengers died ship sank in 18 minutes In 1914 German government paid for advertising in American newspapers warning Americans not to board any British ships Zimmermann Telegram 1917 Heir Zimmermann of Germany sent a telegram to the President of Mexico Long poignant asked the President of Mexico to form a militia and invade the southern States of the U S These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Promised that any of the land that Mexico overtook in the U S would be returned back to Mexico Germany knew Mexico would not succeed Germany wanted to create a diversion to distract the U S Telegram never reached Mexico intercepted by British intelligence and turned over to the Congress of the United States Congress presented it to Wilson war was declared on the Central Powers Allied and Central Powers Imperialism Naturalism Ottoman Turks Austria Hungary Bulgaria China Germany Central powers France England Japan Belgium and Russia Allied powers Wilson administration had been selling iron steel coal oil ammunition to allies France did not want to be associated with Britain however they were afraid of Germany so they sided with the Allies
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