Notes with Quotes Chapter 11 Notes And by

Notes with Quotes Chapter 11 Notes

And by war I mean…getting really REALLY mad! and doing nothing… “The difference between war and what we have now is that we aren’t fighting back. ” –a random, unnamed Philadelphia newspaper from The American Pageant that couldn’t even be found on Google Which events caused this quote? Sinking of the Lusitania German espionage Sinking of the Arabic Announcement of unrestricted submarine warfare by the Germans The March 1917 U-Boat sinking of 4 unarmed American merchant vessels and other assorted German atrocities The Russian Revolution, explained below Zimmerman Telegram (also referred to as the Zimmerman Note in some places—it’s the same thing) After the March attacks, and with the knowledge that the tsarist government in Russia had been toppled by a communist revolt, Wilson declared war on Germany on April 2, 1917

The Zimmerman Telegram

Why the Allied Powers Needed Us

The Yanks Are Coming!

I shall now hate the Germans… “It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war. ” – Woodrow Wilson in his war message This was the first time the U. S. had been brought into a war in Europe…but Wilson felt he needed to “make the world safe for democracy” Wilson argued that the U. S. aims in the war were to shape an international order in which democracy could succeed without fear of power-crazed dictators and militaries However, the tradeoff was that the U. S. was about to lose the economic advantage it had gained through neutrality What was that economic advantage? Answer: the ability to trade with both sides of a conflict

Subtlety is lost on some people… “Over there, over there Send the word, send the word over there, That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming The drums rum-tumming ev’rywhere” –George Cohan The American propaganda effort was in full force too Booklets with red-white-and-blue covers were printed by the millions Posters, leaflets, and pamphlets promoting the war were produced Hang-the-Kaiser movies with subtle titles (these are real movie titles) like The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin, and my personal favorite, To Hell with the Kaiser showed that Americans, um, didn’t like the kaiser… The importance of songs in WWI was the attempt to arouse passion and voluntary compliance to the war effort This propaganda machine was under the control of the Committee on Public Information, created by journalist George Creel employed 150, 000 workers at home and overseas for the committee devoted to convince the world we were right

Recruitment Posters

Help Me Pay For Our War! Pretty Please…

More Propaganda

But Germans Were Propagandists Too… Translation: Think of your children!

You Can’t Fight…But You Can Save!

What do we do with the villainous vegetable? There were over 8 million German-Americans in the 100 million person U. S. population during the war Though loyal, mistrust abounded Rumors quickly spread, telling tales of spying and sabotage tarring, feathering, and beating Germans What does this sound familiar to within the last decade? Anti-German hysteria spread Orchestras found it unsafe to present German-composed music (such as Beethoven) German books were removed from library shelves German classes were canceled in high schools and colleges Sauerkraut became “liberty cabbage” Hamburger became “liberty steak” German women became “disease-ridden filth” (okay, not really)

I Spy Something Red… The Espionage Act (1917) and Sedition Act (1918) led to prosecutions of antiwar Socialists and members of the radical IWW led by our old Socialist buddy Eugene V. Debs Double Rainbow? (What does it mean? . . . ah ah ah…What does it meeeeeaaannn? ) It means that Debs, a former presidential candidate, had been jailed on dubious charges (pardoned in 1921 by President Harding) It sets a precedent that virtually any criticism of the government could be censored and punished It could be argued that the 1 st Amendment was being bent, if not broken It wasn’t argued strongly enough though, as Schenck v. United States affirmed the Espionage Act and Sedition Act were legal The Court stated freedom of speech could be revoked when such speech posed a “clear and present danger” to the nation Tomorrow, we’ll continue with domestic issues related to WWI.