Standards for Unit 2 Topic 2: World War I

3.3 Describe the root causes of World War I and evaluate the reasons for US Entry into the War

-MANIA

-America's initial reason for staying ""isolated""

-US Entry into WWI (unrestricted U BOAT warfare, sinking of the Lusitania, Sussex Pledge being broken, Zimmermann Telegram, Moral Terms of War)

3.4 Explain how the US government financed WWI, managed the economy, and directed public support for the war effort

-US Homefront preparations (victory gardens, food conservations, Food and Fuel Administrations, Selective Service Act)

-War Industry Board

-Liberty Bond

-Espionage and Sedition Acts

-Propaganda (CPI)

-Schenck v US

-Zimmermann Telegram Analysis

3.5 Describe the goals of political leaders at the Paris Peace Conference and analyze the consequences of the Treaty of Versailles

-Big 4- US, Britain, Italy, and France

-Treaty of Versailles

-Wilson's 14 points

-League of Nation (peacekeeping organization)

-effects of the Treaty of Versailles- reparations, loss of territory, disarmament, war guilt clause (leads to WWII)

-changes in territories and new countries that came from the loss of the Central Powers

-Henry Cabot Lodge- against League of Nations

-America returns to isolationism

-Read Wilson's 14 Points Speech"