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Chosen Question: Why are the actions of the “Harlem Hellfighters” in WWI so historically important?
CLAIM: The Hellfighters were important in many ways, including ....
EVIDENCE: FACTS
REASONING: Explain all about the learning
8B World War I Era Timeline
My focus is going to be freedom of speech and Eugene Debs
1914
America officially stayed neutral from 1914 - 1917: They didn't want to enter a foreign war. This is called "isolationism".
America joined the war in 1917 on the side of the "Allies", and they were fighting Germany and the other "Central Powers".
1915
128 Americans were killed when a German U-Boat sunk this passenger ship carrying war materiel from the USA to England. Germany had warned Americans not to sail on the ship in newspaper ads! Many people wrongly see this as the reason the USA entered the war.
In 1915, the Germans first use chemical weapons against the French army during the 2nd Battle of Ypres
1916
President of the USA, Wilson, got re-elected on the promise to keep America out of the war.
This battle was one of the worst - most deadly of the war.
The Battle of the Somme was one of the worst of the war.
1917
Reason for USA entering war #1: Germany begins policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. This meant that many American ships were being sunk, losing lives, money, and weapons. U-BOATS were hard to stop.
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Reason for USA entering war #2: British intercept the message, they decode it! Find the offer from Germany to Mexico - join us in fighting the USA and you'll get your lands back (CA, TX, AZ etc.)
Did you know?
USA enters WW1. 1 million American soldiers are mobilized. This changes the balance of the war hugely - a big boost to the Allies!
1917 also saw the Russian Communist Revolution: Russia left the war against Germany.
