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AMERICA IN THE

GREAT WAR

Why did the United States


enter World War I, and
what impact did the war
have on the nation?

THE GREAT WAR: THE TWO


SIDES

THE STRUGGLE TO STAY


NEUTRAL

SHIFTING PUBLIC OPINION

U-BOATS: EARLY GERMAN


SUBMARINES

THE SINKING OF THE RMS


LUSITANIA

THE ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM

THE UNITED STATES ENTERS


THE WAR

NEW WEAPONS: MACHINE


GUNS & ARTILLERY

NEW WEAPONS: AIRCRAFT &


GAS

DIGGING IN TRENCH
WARFARE

STALEMATE

TANKS BREAK THE


STALEMATE

AMERICA ENTERS THE WAR

WINNING THE WAR

AMERICANS ON THE HOME


FRONT

MOBILIZATION

CONTRIBUTING TO THE WAR


EFFORT

WOMEN AND AFRICAN


AMERICANS

CRACKDOWN ON DISSENT

ESPIONAGE AND SEDITION


IN WWI

THE ESPIONAGE AND


SEDITION ACTS

EUGENE DEBS AND THE


ESPIONAGE ACT

GROWING FEARS

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