https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h en-us 2020-12-01 14:29:34 UTC 2020-12-03 14:22:55 UTC hello@padlet.com macsaq22 https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703296 Serbian Nationalists  
Assassinate Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife]]> 2020-12-01 14:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703296 macsaq22 https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703299 Austria - Hungary declares war against Serbia]]> 2020-12-01 14:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703299 macsaq22 https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703301 Woodrow Wilson gives a Speech declaring the U.S neutral "in fact and in name"]]> 2020-12-01 14:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703301 macsaq22 https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703303 Germany set up a naval blockade (in response to the British naval blockade) near the waters of the British Isles, and warned ships that they would be sunk on sight if they entered the "war zone"]]> 2020-12-01 14:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703303 macsaq22 https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703304 The Lusitania Crisis was the first major crisis that challenged the neutrality. The German attacked a British passenger line called the Lusitania by sinking it. Many Americans died and as a result Wilson sent a strong message. ]]> 2020-12-01 14:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703304 macsaq22 https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703308 There was another German attack on a passenger ship called the Arabic that killed two more Americas while at sea. Wilson went to the German government this time to make his pledge that they shall not be attacked without warming or while being unarmed. ]]> 2020-12-01 14:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703308 macsaq22 https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703310 Germany broke its promise to not attack unarmed passenger ships without warning, when a torpedo hit the Sussex, an unarmed merchant ship. President Wilson threatened to cut off diplomatic relations with Germany, so Germany backed down and promised to give warnings to passenger ships before sinking them]]> 2020-12-01 14:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703310 macsaq22 https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703313 From 1914-1917 (when the US remained neutral), the US received orders from Britain and France for war supplies, which allowed their economy to flourish from its recession in 1914. The U.S. was mainly aiding the Allied Powers because the U.S. was restricted from giving supplies to Germany because of the British and German naval blockades. 
U.S. bankers (such as J.P. Morgan) sometimes gave loans to Britain and France (for a total of $3 billion), which helped the U.S. prosper even more.]]> 2020-12-01 14:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703313 macsaq22 https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703316 President incumbent Woodrow Wilson run a re-election campaign for a second term against Charles Evans Hughes. Wilson wins re-election in a close election. ]]> 2020-12-01 14:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703316 macsaq22 https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703319 U.S. newspapers report that Germany made a secret offer to Mexico so that Mexico may become an ally to Germany against the United States.]]> 2020-12-01 14:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703319 macsaq22 https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703320 Wilson wanted the war to be fought for the triumph for democracy if they had to get involved. The U.S has to participate when Russian revolutionaries overthrew the czar's government and proclaimed a republic.Russian Revolution]]> 2020-12-01 14:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703320 macsaq22 https://padlet.com/macsaq22/vpbsap1rq7dth15h/wish/975703321
U.S. Congress declares war on Germany 

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