| A. | Outbreak of war in Europe¾1914 | ||
| 1. | Complicated system of European alliance | ||
| a. | Triple Entente | ||
| b. | Triple Alliance | ||
| 2. | Competition for world power among European nations | ||
| a. | Imperialism | ||
| b. | Military buildup | ||
| c. | Economic growth | ||
| 3. | Balkan conflict | ||
| a. | Nationalist uprisings | ||
| b. | Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand | ||
| B. | Initial U.S. neutrality | ||
| 1. | Maintaining economic and diplomatic ties with both sides | ||
| 2. | Popular support for neutrality | ||
| a. | Isolationism | ||
| b. | Divided loyalties among American ethnics | ||
| 3. | Peace without victory | ||
| a. | U.S. attempts to negotiate peace | ||
| b. | Promotion of new concept governing world order | ||
| c. | House-Grey Memorandum | ||
| C. | U.S. entry into World War I (1917) | ||
| 1. | Repeated U-boat/submarine warfare | ||
| 2. | Propaganda portraying German brutality | ||
| 3. | Russian Revolution | ||
| a. | Overthrow of Tsarist regime | ||
| b. | Provisional government | ||
| 4. | German overtures to Mexico | ||
| a. | Zimmermann telegram | ||
| b. | Public reaction | ||
| 5. | Wilson's quest to create a lasting peace | ||
| a. | Making the world safe for democracy | ||
| b. | Fourteen Points | ||
| A. | Military mobilization | ||
| 1. | Building and training the AEF | ||
| 2. | Registration and conscription | ||
| B. | National coordination of wartime production | ||
| 1. | Food Administration¾Herbert Hoover | ||
| 2. | War Industries Board¾Bernard Baruch | ||
| 3. | Organizing labor | ||
| a. | Labor shortage/new workers in workforce | ||
| b. | National War Labor Board¾resolving labor disputes | ||
| C. | Funding the war | ||
| 1. | Increased taxes | ||
| 2. | Liberty bonds | ||
| D. | Generating national support | ||
| 1. | Committee on Public Information | ||
| 2. | Enforcing patriotism | ||
| a. | Anti-German sentiment at home | ||
| b. | Wartime repression in the United States | ||
| A. | Wartime repression | ||
| 1. | Alien, Sedition, and Espionage Acts | ||
| 2. | Immigrant Restriction Acts | ||
| 3. | Personal attacks on private citizens | ||
| 4. | Purging German influences in the United States | ||
| B. | Postwar repression | ||
| 1. | Radicalism and the Red Scare | ||
| a. | Support for socialism, communism | ||
| b. | American Legion | ||
| c. | Palmer raids | ||
| d. | Sacco and Vanzetti | ||
| 2. | Labor militancy | ||
| a. | Steel | ||
| b. | Railroads | ||
| c. | Boston police strike | ||
| d. | Labor support of leftist movements | ||
| C. | African Americans | ||
| 1. | Labor shortage | ||
| 2. | Race riots | ||
| 3. | Emergence of black nationalism | ||
| A. | The Fourteen Points; ideals | |
| 1. | Free trade, freedom of the seas | |
| 2. | Open diplomacy, disarmament | |
| 3. | Self-determination of colonial and territorial settlements | |
| 4. | League of Nations | |
| B. | The Peace Conference; motives | |
| 1. | The U.S. delegation | |
| 2. | The "big four" | |
| 3. | Goals of Eastern Europeans, Jews, Africans, Asians | |
| C. | Treaty of Versailles; realities | |
| 1. | Elimination of first four points | |
| 2. | Territorial settlements | |
| 3. | Punishment of Germany; war-guilt clause | |
| D. | Struggle for ratification | |
| 1. | The "irreconcilables" | |
| 2. | Conservative Republican opponents | |
| 3. | Public support | |
| 4. | Wilson's stroke/rejection of compromise | |
| 5. | Evaluation of Treaty and League | |