mongrelization
what does this say about race relations in the US?
29 Matching Annotations
- Nov 2020
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www.digitalhistory.uh.edu www.digitalhistory.uh.edu
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- Oct 2020
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www.gilderlehrman.org www.gilderlehrman.org
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Neutrality
George Washington's farewell address! Still relevant at the time? Relevant today?
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United States
Keep US out of war!...then why shift to unrestricted?
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Lusitania
notice the year! 1915...The United States did not enter World War I until April of 1917!!<br> 1916 Wilson Election: "HE KEPT US OUT OF WAR"
until 1917 :-)
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a stroke
yeah!! because he was on a world wind campaign tour of the United States! All this could have been resolved if he just invited Henry Cabot Lodge with him on his European Delegation tour at the end of 1918. They HATED each other...two rivals!!
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United States would lose control of its own foreign policy
Senator William Borah of IDAHO!!!! The Great Opposer!!!
compared to the great orators of the 19th century!!! whoooo!!!
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Wilson ultimately refused to compromise
The biggest irony of this whole story is, of Wilson's 'Fourteen" points, only one, the League of Nations, was adopted by the Treaty of Versailles and the obvious key failure in the Senate to ratify the treaty and not join the league of nations. This is one of those cornerstone moments in American history. We became 'isolationist' rather than 'internationalist'. the debate rages on today. 1920-2020
Other Points? 1-13...the real darn cause of World War I and the eventual cause of WW2!!!!
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Democratic president’s rosy predictions of permanent peace
This is rather simplistic...the Debate in the Senate is one of the most IMPORTANT IN AMERICAN HISTORY. here is a link to a reenactment of this debate
Why is it so important? It's the FIRST time the Senate failed to ratify a treaty presented by the president! There is reference to George Washington's farewell address, the Monroe Doctrine, personal intrigue, grudges and bitter rivalry!!! Factionalism at play between Reservationists and Irreconcilables!!!
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Under the command of General John J. Pershing, the American Expeditionary Forces experienced both the horrors of trench warfare and the difficulties of conducting a war of movement during the sweeping attacks that slowly pushed the Germans back toward their own border in 1918. Key American engagements included battles at Cantigny, Belleau Wood, and Château-Thierry, which helped stop the German drive toward Paris in the spring of 1918. In the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives American soldiers took part in a multi-pronged Allied assault that ended when Germany requested an armistice. At 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1918, men on both sides climbed out of the trenches to celebrate having survived the war. Overall, the Americans lost 53,400 troops on the battlefield and 63,100 to disease (the majority victims of the Spanish Influenza pandemic that killed over half a million Americans in 1918).
THIS IS THE GREATEST DOCUMENTARY I'VE ever seen on the American Experience of World War I
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Many Republicans
Reservationists - Henry Cabot Lodge
Sen. William E Borah Irreconcilables -
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when the nation is at war many things that might be said in time of peace . . . will not be endured so long as men fight
CONTEXT MATTERS!
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1918 Sedition Act
Eugene V. Debs!! Socialist put in prison for his Canton Ohio speech..sentence to 10 years!! Ran in 1920 (Jail House to White House Campaign). received 1,000,000 votes in 1920 election. Warren G. Harding pardoned Debs after international amnesty campaign in 1923. Received standing ovation after leaving Atlanta prison.
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nonessential businesses
hum...have you heard that before?
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National War Labor Board
Look for a version of this during the Great Depression and New Deal...Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Board) LEGACY!!! Today
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controlled
uh oh!
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Committee on Public Information
George Creel!!...United States of America first propaganda agency
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unprecedented powers to centralize and coordinate the economy
one of the lasting legacies of World War I...increased POWER of the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT....
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those most critical to the war effort
winners and losers
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ranked industries
UH OH!!! Sounds like SOCIALISM!
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complete mobilization of American society
The War Industries Board...also a key component of my thesis....I slam them for their lack of oversight regarding the rapid buildup of Gillespie's Shell Loading Plant, lack of security, location of plant, lack of fire prevention
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total war
reference from Civil War?
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massive U-boat campaign would prevent supplies from reaching Britain and France
This is a key point in my historical thesis, causing a dramatic decrease in merchant fleet and thereby causing a backlog of munitions at the T.A. Gillespie Shell Loading Plant!!
Central New Jersey...Greatest explosion until nuclear "Trinity Test'...greater than the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon
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www.smithsonianmag.com www.smithsonianmag.com
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“It was the genius of Woodrow Wilson which recognized that a lasting peace must be ‘a peace without victory,’
genius AND tragedy!
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It was the tragedy of Woodrow Wilson that his own unneutrality would be a major factor in bringing about the decisive Allied victory that made a healing peace impossible.
tragedy and further irony only point accepted into Treaty of Versailles was the League of Nations, the only treaty the US Senate had ever failed to ratify...ugh!
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German U-boats
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But by the end of March, after Germany had sunk several American merchant ships, Wilson had no choice but to ask Congress to approve a declaration of war against the German Empire.
what about Zimmerman Telegram?
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www.senate.gov www.senate.gov
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the Great Opposer
cool name
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www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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“nullifiers.”
OH! He knows how to throw a jab!
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- Aug 2019
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eji.org eji.org
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1919 Crisis editorial,
Wouldn't it be interesting to find an editorial example from this period?
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