LECTURE 8: U.S. ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR I -- INTERNAL FACTORS

Lecture Outline

1. Public opinion.
2. The Wilson administration.
3. Trade and investment with the Allies.
4. The fight for neutrality.

Important Information, Terms, and Names from this Lecture

Winston Churchill
Gen. John Pershing - "Lafayette, we are here!"
Easter Rebellion (1916)
midwestern isolationism
"He Kept Us Out of War"
"Peace without Victory"
Edward M. House
Robert Lansing
William Jennings Bryan
Walter Hines Page
House-Grey Memorandum (1916)
J. P. Morgan and Co. (1890)
Sen. Robert M. LaFollette (R-Wisconsin)
Gore-McLemore Resolution (1916)

Value of U.S. Exports:

1914 - $ 824.8 million to Allies
1914 - $ 169.3 million to C. Powers

1916 - $ 3,200.0 million to Allies
1916 - $ 1.2 million to C. Powers

Value of U.S. loans by 1917:

$ 2,500 million to Allies
$ 27 million to Central Powers

LECTURE 8: U.S. ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR I -- INTERNAL FACTORS

Lecture Outline

Important Information, Terms, and Names from this Lecture

Value of U.S. Exports:

Value of U.S. loans by 1917:

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