Cartoon Published 1914 Road to US Involvement in

Cartoon Published 1914 Road to US Involvement in WWI—Document A

Allied Soldiers-1915 Road to US Involvement in WWI—Document B

Neutrality demonstration Washington D. C. -- 1915 Road to U. S. Involvement in WWI—Document C

British Cartoon Published in U. S. Newspapers--1915 Document D

May, 1915 Road to US Involvement in WWI—Document E

Value of U. S. Exports to Europe 1910 -1915 Dollars in Millions Document F

Wilson re-election campaign--1916 Document G

Excerpt from telegram message written by German foreign minister Zimmerman to ambassador from Mexico -- Feb. 1917 We intend to begin unrestricted submarine warfare. We shall endeavor to keep the United States neutral. In the event of this not succeeding, we make Mexico a proposal of alliance on the following basis: Make war together, make peace together, generous financial support, an understanding on our part that Mexico Is to reconquer the lost territory in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Document H

March 1917 – German Navy resumes “unrestricted submarine warfare. ” Four U. S. merchant vessels on the North Atlantic are sunk. Road to US Involvement in WWI—Document I

Document J An excerpt from President Woodrow Wilson’s address to Congress on April 2, 1917. . . Property can be paid for; the lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot be. The present German submarine warfare against commerce is warfare against mankind. . . we are glad. . . to fight. . . for the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of its peoples. . . for the rights of nations great and small and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life. . . The world must be made safe for democracy. . . We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no domination. . . It is fearful to lead this great peaceful nation into war. . . But right is more precious than peace.