America Enters War Flashcards
When did the USA join WW1
6 April 1917
Who was the president
President Woodrow Wilson
What were leading factors to WW1
Diplomatic and trade relations
The Sinking of the RSS Lusitania
The Zimmerman Telegram
Where was the Rss Lusitania sunk
RSS Lusitania took place off the coast of Ireland.
What caused the USA to trigger this
was that the ship had been carrying over a thousand passengers and was torpedoed without warning by the German Navy. Of the 1, 959 passengers, 1, 198 were killed in the sinking. 128 were American
What was said on the Zimmerman telle gram
The telegram was a promise of land. The German foreign secretary (Arthur Zimmerman) had promised a portion of land back to Mexico if they had helped the Germans in the war effort
Who intercepted the telegram
The British
Who was hired to convince Americans to join war
George Creel
Name the different types of ways the Americans spread propaganda
4 Minute Men
Newspapers
Liberty bonds
What are 4- minute men
Thèses weren’t just any type of men they were trusted members of the community. Creel hired 75 000 of them to speak in movie theatres, libraries, town fairs and any public space where there were enough people around to hear them speak.
How was newspaper effective
What role did newspapers play? Well back in those days people relied on the newspapers to get information to people. Personal televisions did not exist either so newspapers were the best way to do it. So newspapers would fill their columns with pro-war articles that could be about how the soldiers training is going, to how many war bonds were sold.
