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 - NaturalismCurrent LectureWoodrow 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 reformU-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 – submarineso 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 PowersAllied 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 theysided with the
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