Chapter+12-2.+The+U.S+goes+to+War

Chapter 12-2: The U.S goes to War

Key Terms/People:
 * Sussex Pledge: a renewal of an earlier promise not to sink liners without warning or without ensuring the passengers' safety
 * Robert Lansing: encouraged the trade of war materials with the Allies
 * National Defense Act: increased the number of soldiers in the regular army from 90,000 to 175,000
 * Zimmermann Note: the cable proposed a Mexican alliance with Germany
 * Jeanette Rankin: Representative of Montana was among the opposition
 * Selective Service Action: passed by congress which required men between 21 and 30 to register with local draft boards
 * John J. Pershing: general, led first U.S troops to France in late June 1917

Key Events: U.S Neutrality The Road to War Mobilizing the U.S Military Power Over There
 * neutral until immigrants from those countries backed the allies.
 * war with Britain stopped U.S ships for bound for neutral countries and searched their cargoes
 * Sussex Pledge: a renewal of an earlier promise not to sink liners without warning or without ensuring the passengers' safety
 * Robert Lansing: encouraged the trade of war materials with the Allies
 * National Defense Act: increased the number of soldiers in the regular army from 90,000 to 175,000
 * Zimmermann Note: the cable proposed a Mexican alliance with Germany
 * Jeanette Rankin: Representative of Montana was among the opposition
 * Selective Service Action: passed by congress which required men between 21 and 30 to register with local draft boards
 * John J. Pershing: general, led first U.S troops to France in late June 1917
 * he fought in Spanish-American War
 * thousand American women went to Europe as volunteers for the Red cross