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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Ww Ii Resources: Shoot on Sight Speech Regarding Attack on Uss Greer

For Students 9th - 10th
German U-boat attacks made it increasingly difficult for the United States to maintain its neutrality in World War II. Read Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech given on September 11, 1949, in response to the German attack on the US destroyer,...
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Primary
Brigham Young University

Brigham Young U.: Wwi Document Archive: Wilson's First Lusitania Note to Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the text of a note sent to the German government by Woodrow Wilson protesting the sinking of the Lusitania.
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Primary
Brigham Young University

Wwi Doc. Archive: German Discussions Concerning Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this official German document, translated into English, from 1917 concerning the issue of unrestricted submarine warfare in World War I.
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: America at War: The Guns of August

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the course of World War I on both the eastern and western fronts. See how the upheaval in the world brought about attempts at revolution in several countries.
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Primary
Mount Holyoke College

International Relations: American Protest Over the Sinking of the Lusitania

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of a statement by William Jennings Bryan protesting the sinking of the Lusitania by German U-boats.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Newspaper Pictorials: The Lusitania Disaster

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the sinking of the Luisitania in 1915 and find out about how it affected the American desire to enter World War I.
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: America Enters the Ring

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the events leading up to America's entry into World War I and the changes that took place in America soon after. These included legislation such as the Selective Service Act and the Espionage and Sedition Acts, protests by...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Eye Witness to History: U Boat Attack, 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the rise of u-boat warfare and a personal account of a u-boat attack from the diary of a u-boat commander. Provided by EyeWitness to History.