US History › Section L · The Great War and the 1920s › Topic L.1
Neutrality and the European origins of war
When war broke out in Europe in 1914, most Americans wanted no part of it, and President Woodrow Wilson promised neutrality. Within three years, trade, submarines and a secret German telegram had carried the United States into the conflict.
In this topic
- Wilson's moral diplomacy
- Intervention in the Caribbean
- Trouble with Mexico
- Europe goes to war
- A new kind of war
- Neutral, but not equally
- A divided nation of immigrants
- Worked example: the Lusitania and submarine warfare
- The election of 1916
- Worked example: the road to war in 1917
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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