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1914
what year did WWI start?
mania
what is the acronym for the causes of WWI?
militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, and assassination of archduke franz ferdinand
what does mania stand for?
black hand
who assassinated archduke franz ferdinand?
central powers
what was the name of these countries that teamed up together: germany, austria-hungary, ottoman empire (turkey), and italy?
allies
what was the name of these countries that teamed up together: great britain, france, russia, italy, and usa?
central powers
which side did italy choose to be with first?
because they saw it as a European problem and the Americans wanted to continue george washington’s neutrality act
why did the U.S. stay out of WWI?
moral diplomacy
what was the name of woodrow wilson’s form policy plan?
make the country the world’s greatest democracy ever and if they do that, the rest of the world will want to follow their example
what were the two ideas from wilson’s moral diplomacy?
u-boat attacks and the zimmerman telegram
what were the two reasons why Americans were involved in WWI?
zimmerman telegram
meant to go from Germany to Mexico; Germany tells Mexico if they are willing to attack the U.S., Germany will help Mexico get the Southwest states back; the telegraph was sent through London and they warned the U.S. about this
unrestricted submarine warfare
germans used this practice by sinking boats that they thought were helping other countries
the great migration and the committee of public information (cpi)
what were the two changes to the U.S. Homefront?
the great migration
see a mass movement of african americans leaving the south and moving to northern cities; they moved there for more factory jobs and paid a lot more
the committee of public information (cpi)
created by president wilson and their job is to produce propaganda for the U.S.
liberty bonds
this is where the government can sell these to citizens; when citizens purchase this, they are buying a loan; the government has to pay them back; this was meant to put cash out at the moment
selective service act
create a military draft for men between the ages of 21-30
war industries bond (wib)
created by Wilson and his job is to create manufacturing; tells factory workers how and when to produce and at what time
food administration (fa)
tell american farmers what to grow and how much; the same process as wib but for food
the espionage and sedition acts
this law states that anyone criticizing war efforts is illegal which is a violation to the first amendment
espionage
enemy spies
sedition
undermining the government
influenza pandemic
infected 1/3 of the world’s population; known as the spanish flu; this will affect 28% of the U.S. population and many people will not make it through this flu
18th and 19th amendment
wilson needed these two things to be ratified to win the war; increases food supply if they get rid of alcohol
war front
new technology and trench warfares
new technology
airplanes, tanks, submarines, machine guns, and mustard gas
trench warfare
“no man’s land”
russian revolution
this was when czars of russia will be overthrown because the war goes so badly
totalitarianism
this is when vladimir lenin set up a communist dictatorship in russia and the meaning meant that the ruler had total control of one’s life
communist dictatorship
everyone’s an employee of the government
woodrow wilson
who was known as “the” progressive?
fourteen points
in wilson’s speech, he gave out these ideas that he believed would not only end the war, but would not bring any other war and there would be peace forever
freedom of the oceans (no more U-boats), free trade among countries, no secret treaties, and national self-determination (government should be controlled by a local population)
what were the four main points from wilson’s fourteen points?
armistice
because of the 14 points, germans agree to a(n) ___ which ends cease-fire
paris peace conference
the big 4 came to paris and were the authors of the peace treaty
great britain, france, usa, and italy
which countries were the big four?
germany
which country was not invited to sign the paris peace conference?
peace forever
what was america’s goal for the paris peace conference?
create a punishment for Germany
what goal did england and france want to achieve during the paris peace conference?
guilt clause
everything about wwi is all germany’s fault
reparations
germany had to pay the entire cost of the allies and for all of wwi
league of nations
an international assembly; goal: maintain world peace and talk about the war among different countries
article x
if a country of the league of nations is at war, then everyone in that league is at war; because of this and the republicans, the US rejects the treaty of versailles and does not join the League of Nations
normalcy isolationism
the progressive era is over; americans want a smaller and weaker government; want their form policy to be isolationism
