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Republicans‐ Incumbent William TaftDemocrats‐Woodrow WilsonProgressives/Bull Moose Party‐Teddy RooseveltSocialist Party‐ Eugene V. Debs
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• Philippe Bunau‐Varilla: Columbian‐Panamanian revolutionary, and subsequent minister of newly independent Panama in 1903
• Roosevelt Corollary‐ declared that the United States now had the right to send in “international police power” to maintain peace and order throughout Central America
• Russo‐Japanese War 1904‐1905
• Gentleman’s Agreement of 1907:• Japan would not issue passports to Japanese male laborers planning to emigrate to America
• Roosevelt promised to take a stand against anti‐Japanese discrimination
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Central Powers/Triple AllianceIncluded: Germany, Austria‐Hungary, Italy
Allies/Triple EntenteIncluded: Great Britain, France, Russia
Assassination of Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand (Heir to the Throne)
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unlimited submarine warfare Vs. freedom of the seas
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Zimmerman Note/Telegram: proposing an alliance between Mexico and Germany should American enter the war on the side of the Allies
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare: German subs will sink any ships attempting to provide supplies, or move through British waters
U.S. declared war on Germany, April 6th 1917
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• Used techniques from the emerging field of Public Relations
• Became a sophisticated aggressive agency aimed at promoting the war
‐“Four Minute Men”‐Anti‐German campaign
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