https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh Description en-us 2017-10-18 14:48:28 UTC 2025-10-09 10:23:44 UTC hello@padlet.com zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/198715675 Because of attacks on American citizens, broken promises, and plotting war from Germany, the United States was justified in declaring war against Germany.]]> 2017-10-19 15:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/198715675 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/198715905 2017-10-19 15:15:41 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/198715905 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/198716120 Was America's declaration of war against Germany justified?]]> 2017-10-19 15:15:59 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/198716120 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/198716868 World War I was one of the worst wars of all time. In 1914, when the war began, the United States stayed neutral. But because of attacks on American citizens, broken promises, and plotting war from Germany, the United States was justified in declaring war against Germany.]]> 2017-10-19 15:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/198716868 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/198735166 2017-10-19 15:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/198735166 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/198744984 Primary sources above. Secondary sources below.]]> 2017-10-19 16:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/198744984 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/198745060 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1501133&site=eds-live]]> 2017-10-19 16:05:08 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/198745060 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/198745943 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=200827&site=eds-live]]> 2017-10-19 16:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/198745943 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/198747694 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=495745&site=eds-live]]> 2017-10-19 16:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/198747694 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/198748594 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=630712&site=eds-live]]> 2017-10-19 16:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/198748594 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/199087178 Side with America on this one, but maybe have a "despite" because Germany definitely has a side too]]> 2017-10-20 14:53:42 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/199087178 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/199096339 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1172287&site=eds-live]]> 2017-10-20 15:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/199096339 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200048791 2017-10-24 15:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200048791 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200049140 The Zimmermann Telegram was a message sent from the German foreign minister, Arthur Zimmermann, to the Mexican government suggesting that they would be able to win back lost territory from the United States if they joined the Central Powers in World War I. Britain intercepted this telegram, decoded it and sent it to America.]]> 2017-10-24 15:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200049140 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200052956 http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/usra_wwi.htm]]> 2017-10-24 15:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200052956 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200053369 https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/zimmermann]]> 2017-10-24 15:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200053369 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200055456 http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/lusitania]]> 2017-10-24 15:45:42 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200055456 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200056194 Less than a year after the war started, Germany was already terrorizing allied ships, both military and civilian. An example of this  was the Sinking of the Lusitania, a civilian ship with almost 2,000 people on board. Germany sunk it with a U-boat, killing more than half of the passengers, including more than 120 Americans. This changed worldwide public opinion of Germany.]]> 2017-10-24 15:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200056194 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200060230 https://www.thoughtco.com/the-sussex-pledge-1222117]]> 2017-10-24 15:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200060230 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200060868 The Sussex Pledge was a promise from the German government to the United States saying that they wouldn't sink any non-military ships and merchant ships that are searched. Less than a year after the pledge though, on February 1, 1917, Germany broke this and started unrestricted submarine warfare again.]]> 2017-10-24 15:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200060868 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200063939 2017-10-24 16:01:12 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200063939 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200861860 Germany was already blockaded by the British Empire, starving them. They couldn't let supplies go to Britain, or else one side would be starving and the other would win easily, with all the resources they would need]]> 2017-10-26 15:14:02 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200861860 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200870078 Arthur Zimmermann sent the telegram to Mexico talking about how they would fund Mexico in a war against the US, but only if the US started it. It's not good to ignore that they talked about a hypothetical war that the US would start instead of how they would declare war against the US.]]> 2017-10-26 15:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200870078 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200876578 When the US was still neutral in the war, Germany sunk the Lusitania, killing over 120 Americans, and changing worldwide opinion of Germany.]]> 2017-10-26 15:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200876578 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200878710 After promising that they would regulate sinking boats only to military ones, Germany proceeded to break this pledge, and began killing civilians, including Americans, again.]]> 2017-10-26 15:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200878710 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200881034 https://www.ourdocuments.gov/document_data/document_images/doc_060_big.jpg]]> 2017-10-26 15:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200881034 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200885298 With harassing the United States, lying to it, and killing its citizens, America was justified in declaring war against Germany, even if Germany didn't intend to fight them.]]> 2017-10-26 15:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200885298 zwalker46 https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200886072 The Zimmermann Telegram showed that Germany would be willing to fight the United States, fund its enemy and support its loss of territory.]]> 2017-10-26 15:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalker46/hz8ji0vsvghh/wish/200886072