Unit 7: The Great War

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