Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom & WWI
Investigate Woodrow Wilson's Progressive policies and the challenges of maintaining neutrality in World War I.
Key Questions
- Compare Woodrow Wilson's 'New Freedom' with Theodore Roosevelt's 'New Nationalism'.
- Analyze the reasons for American neutrality at the outset of World War I.
- Explain how events like unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram led to U.S. entry into the war.
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