The American Home Front During World War 1
Dates: 06:00pm 

The Northwest Bergen History Coalition's 7th Annual Fall Program THE AMERICAN HOME FRONT DURING WORLD WAR 1 Presented by Carter Jones Meyer Ph.D, Professor of History, Ramapo College of New Jersey A hundred years ago, Woodrow Wilson was running for re-election on the slogan: “I kept us out of the war.” The majority of Americans were isolationist. Since the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915, Wilson had worked hard to get Germany to sign an agreement respecting the rights of neutral countries. But just five months after the 1916 election, America entered World War I. Join us for an insightful presentation by Dr. Meyer ...
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