(1918) President Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post World War I Europe and for avoiding future wars.
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Treaty of Versailles
Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.
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Sedition Act and Espionage Act
U.S made it illegal to criticize the government or to interfere with the war.
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Schenck v. US
Can limit free speech when there is a "clear and present danger"
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Sussex Pledge
A promise Germany made to America, after Wilson threatened to sever ties, to stop sinking their ships without warning.
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Zimmerman Note/Telegram
During World War I, a German foreign minister sent to the German minister in Mexico proposing that if the United States entered the war, Mexico and Germany should become allies.
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No Man's Land
Territory between rival Trenches, very dangerous
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Reparations
Payment for war damages
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November Criminals
German Leaders who signed Treaty of Versailles.
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Peace without victory
President Wilson call to the fighting nations that neither side would impose harsh terms on the others. Wilson hoped that all nations would join a "league for peace".
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League of Nations
an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations
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Lusitania
American boat that was sunk by the German U-boats; made America consider entering WWI
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MAIN causes of WWI
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
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Franz Ferdinand
Archduke of Austria Hungary who was assassinated at Sarajevo by a Serbian terrorist group called the Black Hand; his death was a main cause for the start of World War I
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Gavrilo Princip
The assassin of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria, a member of the Black Hand
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Armistice
Agreement to stop fighting
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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Germany's Policy of sinking ships with their U-boats, enemy or neutral, that carry war material
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War Industries Board
Agency established during WWI to increase efficiency & discourage waste in war-related industries.
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Committee on Public Information
It was headed by George Creel. The purpose of this committee was to mobilize people's minds for war, both in America and abroad.
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Propaganda
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
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Self-determination
Concept that different ethnic groups have the right to govern themselves
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Naval Construction Act
ordered the building of more warships
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National Defense Act
expanded the size of the army
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Conscription
A military draft
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Selective Service Act
act passed by Congress in 1917 authorizing a draft of men for military service
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