US Enters WWI - US History

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  1. 5. The war aims outlined by President Wilson in 1918, which he believed would promote lasting peace
  2. 8. Loyalty to a nation and promotion of its interests above all, one cause of WWI
  3. 12. A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died of the over 1,200 overall deaths. . The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, but did not results in an immediate declaration of war by the US.
Down
  1. 1. A international organization for world peace created from the Treaty of Versailles. The US did not join though they proposed this solution to the end of WWI.
  2. 2. 1919 treaty that ended World War I and that essentially blamed Germany for all negative outcomes of the war. Its signing is pivotal in sparking German desire for revenge (ultimately WWII).
  3. 3. Germany's attempt to recruit Mexico into the war if the United States joined the Allies
  4. 4. the actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over a smaller or weaker nation
  5. 6. ideas or information designed to spread or influence opinion
  6. 7. a buildup of military strength within a country, one of the causes of WWI
  7. 9. The official position of the US in WWI until 1917.
  8. 10. One of the ways the U.S. Government tried to stop opposition to the war. This law targeted "spies."
  9. 11. An agreement between two or more countries to aid each other in case of an attack, one cause of WWI