Warm Up:
What does neutrality mean?
Assignment:
1. If you are not finished with your map, please finish it. If you are finished, move on to number 2
2. Please find two others who are finished to partner with.
3. With your partner, divide up the following topics (each person gets 3) and type up bullet lists about each topic: who, what, where, when, why, how?
4. Your last bullet should answer this question: In what way did this topic factor into America's eventual entry into WWI?
THIS IS DUE TODAY!!!
TOPICS TO DIVIDE UP:
Pancho Villa
Propaganda
Sussuex Pledge
German U-Boats
Contraband
Arthur Zimmerman
Lusitania
Jeanette Rankin
British naval blockade
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Neutrality is to not go either way. Its being unbaised either way.
Neuteraly:The state or policy of being neutral, especially nonparticipation in.
the policy or status of a nation that does not participate in a war betwwen other nations.
refuse to take sides
Neutral means not invested in the success or failure of a particular national/political agenda, party or interest.
scarfaceTHE STATE OF BIENG neutraL
Neutrality is the absence of declared bias. In an argument, a neutral person will not choose a side.
not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others:
not taking part of giving assistance in a dispute or war between others ... =]
Much confusion prevails in the public mind as to the duties and rights of the citizens and residents of this country under the laws which regulate international neutrality, and there has been a tendency in certain directions to criticise the action of the Administration in connection with the present Cuban revolution.
Neutrality is not taking part or giving assitance in a dispute or war between others.
Good-bye Poland
1. What special talent did Seymour Rechtzeit have? singing
2. Why did he decide to come to America? For more opportunities
3. How old was he?
He was 8 years old
Crossing the Atlantic
4. How many days did the journey last? 2 weeks
5. Describe the problems that arose while Seymour was on the ship.
He got sick
Ellis Island
6. How many immigrants were processed daily at Ellis Island?
5000 to 7000
7. Why was Seymour and his father separated there?
He had to leave the ship
Stuck on Ellis Island
8. Describe what it was like to have to stay at Ellis Island.
Have to stay around sick people
New Life in New York
9. How did Seymour help his father survive in New York?
He sand and earned money
Child Star
10. What problems did Seymour and his dad face in 1924?
His family could not come to America
Singing for the President
11. Who did Seymour sing for?
President Calvin Coolidge
12. How did he help Seymour and his father with their problem?
The president let the family come to America
propaganda, sussuex pledge, german u-boats
I think that neutrality means whenever someone has two sides of a discussion or something that they can't choose, so instead they stay neutral...
not takin part or givin assistens in a dispute or war betwin others
Nutrality is when the quality or a state of being neutral. When a state refuses to take part in anything harming the state between other powers.
Propaganda
What? Propaganda was a popular attempt to sway the public opinion in America just before its involvement.
Who?
Where?
When? German propaganda organizations such as the German Literary Defense Committee distributed over a million pamphlets during 1914 stressing their strength and will.
Why? Propaganda was used during the war to influence the public on the home front and boost moral
How? Propaganda is thought to have helped the war effort by getting people to support the war by doing things such as buying war bonds.
Esther A. Vazquez
Neutrality is the absence of declared bias. In an argument, a neutral person will not choose a side.
Neutrality is the absence of declared bias. In an argument, a neutral person will not choose a side.
it means your not involved in a war or any type of conflict
I think what means power
The state or policy of being neutral, especially nonparticipation in war
Neutrality means that some things or people remain the same without changing.
to not be apart of, not involved
to not be invold in the war
Sussex pledge
Who?
How?
Where?
What? The Sussex pledge, which promised a change in Germany’s naval warfare policy. The primary elements of this undertaking were:
Passenger ships would not be targeted;
Merchant ships would not be sunk until the presence of weapons had been established, if necessary by a search of the ship;
Merchant ships would not be sunk without provision for the safety of passengers and crew.
When? The Sussex pledge was a promise made in 1916 during WW1 by Germany to the United States prior to the latter’s entry into the war.
Why? In 1917 Germany became convinced they could defeat the Allied Forces by instituting unrestricted submarine warfare before the United States could enter the war.
Esther A. Vazquez
not to take sides
Neutral means not invested in the success or failure of a particular national/political agenda, party or interest. A nation or an individual can also be known as being neutral in a more global sense, regardless of the interest at hand.
Who pancho villa
What: Mexico went to war with the USA.
Where: it took place in Mexico.
When: it took place in 1914 1917
Why: the USA wanted war so Mexico attacked.
Who: contraband
What: they would smuggle bad stuff on ships
Where: to the war.
When: 1908 -1909
Why: they needed it and it was illegal. So they had to get it by ship.
Who: He was state secretary for the German empire.
What: Zimmerman telegram
Where: he was in new jersey and Atlanta and also
Why: he was really good at what he was doing so they asked him to be the secretary.
Its means not to take sides.
What does neutrality mean? Neutrality means unbaised, in other words you refuse to take sides.
neutrality is the state being the undaised either way.
neutrality, means to refuse to take, or to pick sides.
Pancho Villa
• Who: Francisco “Pancho” Villa, A Mexican Revolutionary
• What: He raided and killed people
• Where: in Columbus New Mexico
• When: March 9th 1916
• Why: The Mexican people wanted the US troops out of Mexico. Germany was willing to help Mexico fight the US, because they thought their troops were weak.
• How: The German army were thinking that the US wasn’t anything to be feared.
Propaganda
• Who: Both sides of the war Used Propaganda.
• What:
• Where:
• When: During the whole war it was used.
• Why: It gained support for the war and helped to recruit more men to help with the war efforts.
• How:
Sussex Pledge
• Who: Germany to the US
• What: A promise to the US stating that Germany would change their naval warfare.
• Where: They
• When: Early 1916
• Why: A French passenger Ferry was torpedoed, and 50 lives were lost.
• How: It lead to Germany using unrestricted submarine warfare in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
German U-Boats
• Who: Germany
• What: were used as naval blockades against enemy shipping.
• Where: They were bringing supplies from the US and the British Empire, to the Islands of Great Britain.
• When: Throughout WWI
• Why: They were using them to affect the economic aspect of the war.
• How: It hurt the allied countries economically.
Contraband
• Who: The American-flag ships that supported the European war.
• What: It carried mostly ammunition and weapons, but could extend to a wider range of goods.
• Where: Anywhere between the US and Europe.
• When: The duration of WWI
• Why: The US wasn’t involved in the war yet.
• How: The boats carrying contraband could be seized by the German Navy or be sunk by the U-boats.
Arthur Zimmerman
• Who: He was Germany’s Foreign Secretary.
• What: A telegram to German Embassy in Mexico stating that stated that they would support them if they invaded the US.
• Where: German Embassy in Mexico.
• When:1916
• Why: Germany thought that the US would be too preoccupied with the war with Mexico to worry about the war in Europe.
• How: A British Team intercepted the Telegram and passed the contents onto Woodrow Wilson.
Lusitania
• Who: An ocean liner built by John Brown & Company of Scotland.
• What: It was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-Boat.
• Where: 8 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland.
• When: May 7, 1915
• Why: Germany “suspected that they had large quantities of war materials on board”.
• How: They killed 1,198 of the 1,959 people aboard the ship.
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