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Crash course US history. America in World War I.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Green, John, on-screen presenter.
Knowledgemotion Ltd., film distributor.
Crash Course US History, publisher. .
Series:
Academic Video Online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
World War, 1914-1918--United States.
World War, 1914-1918.
Progressivism (United States politics).
United States--History--1913-1921.
United States.
United States--Social life and customs.
Genre:
Educational films.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (14 minutes)
Other Title:
America in World War I
America in World War One
Crash course United States history
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : Crash Course US History, 2021.
Language Note:
In English.
System Details:
video file
Summary:
In which John Green teaches you about American involvement in World War I, which at the time was called the Great War. They didn't know there was going to be a second one, though they probably should have guessed, 'cause this one didn't wrap up very neatly. So, the United States stayed out of World War I at first, because Americans were in an isolationist mood in the early 20th century. That didn't last though, as the affronts piled up and drew the US into the war. Spoiler alert: the Lusitania was sunk two years before we joined the war, so that wasn't the sole cause for our jumping in. It was part of it though, as was the Zimmerman telegram, unrestricted submarine warfare, and our affinity for the Brits. You'll learn the war's effects on the home front, some of Woodrow Wilson's XIV Points, and just how the war ended up expanding the power of the government in Americans' lives.
Notes:
Title from resource description page (viewed March 22, 2022).
OCLC:
1309919553

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