US Entry Into WWI

after a certain British boat was sunk (August 1915), this was issued by Germany; it was basically a promise to not engage in UNRESTRICTED u-boat warfare; –Germany pledged to warn non-military ships 30 minutes before they sank them to make sure the passengers and crew got out safely

• Lusitania
• unrestricted u-boat warfare
• Sussex Pledge
• Arabic Pledge

he was the Democratic candidate who (barely) won; even though he campaigned on a "he kept us out of war" plat

• Election of 1916

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Charles Evans Hughes

• Woodrow Wilson

Bankers and factory owners who saw dollar signs when thinking about the possibility of getting involved in WWI, due to the fact that the government would be buying their products like gangbusters

• Dr. Albert
• Black Tom's Island
• Charles Evans Hughes
• National Security League

a German scientist who traveled to the US; in his briefcase, he had sabotage plans, plans to blow up crud in the US; someone found his briefcase after he left in on a train on accident; when Americans found out about this, they were angry at Germany

• Dr. Albert
• Black Tom's Island
• Charles Evans Hughes
• National Security League

he ran for president in 1916; he was a Republican; some people, like Teddy Roosevelt, thought he flip-flopped a lot, since in some parts of the country, he would make peace speeches, but in other parts of the country he would make anti-war speeches; he lost the election...barely

• Dr. Albert
• Black Tom's Island
• Charles Evans Hughes
• National Security League

off the coast of New Jersey, this place had a weapons factory; German saboteurs blew this factory up; the explosion was so loud that it broke windows in houses in NYC, which was across the Hudson River; this angered many Americans, who blamed the Germans

• Dr. Albert

• Black Tom's Island

• Charles Evans Hughes

• National Security League

this boat had no weapons on it, but the German submarines still blew it up when it neared the coast of Ireland; 128 Americans died; Wilson did not call for war yet, but many Americans were upset

• Lusitania
• unrestricted u-boat warfare
• Sussex Pledge
• Arabic Pledge

after a certain French boat was sunk (March 1916), this was issued by Germany; it was basically a promise to not engage in UNRESTRICTED u-boat warfare; ––merchant ships would be searched and sunk by Germany only if they contained contraband (materials that would help the enemy during war), and then only after safe passage had been provided for the crew and passengers.

• Lusitania
• unrestricted u-boat warfare
• Sussex Pledge
• Arabic Pledge

the Germans engaged in this military tactic for many months during WWI; essentially, before the Arabic and Sussex Pledges, the Germans had pretty much sunk any ship (British or American) they wanted on the Atlantic Ocean

• Lusitania
• unrestricted u-boat warfare
• Sussex Pledge
• Arabic Pledge

The governor of California; Charles Evans Hughes did not personally greet him during the campaign, when Hughes was in California; this governor thought he had been snubbed, so he withheld support from Hughes; Hughes thereafter lost California by a very slim margin...he might have won if he had just met with this California governor

• National Defense Act of 1916
• Naval Defense Act of 1916
• He Kept Us Out Of War
• Hiram Johnson