Archduke Austria-Hungarian Frans Ferdinand is assassinated in Bosnia by a surbian national from the black hand
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Assasination of Frans Ferdinand
What is the cause of WWI?
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Russia and Germany
When Austria-Hungary declared War on Serbia who did they bring in for allies on both sides?
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Russia
Who was the ally to Serbia?
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Germany
Who was the ally to Austria-Hungary?
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Allies
Great Britain, France, Russia (Until 1917), Italy, and the US (Joins in 1917)
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Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire
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Re-election
In 1917 what does Wilson run for?
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Keep America out of the war and America will remain neutral
What is Wilson’s two truths for WWI?
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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, Lusitania Sinking, and Zimmerman Telegram
What were the 3 causes for the US to join the war?
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Keep supplies from Great Britain
Germany began sinking ships neutral ships off of the coast of Britain to do what?
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To blast neutral ships out of the water or any ship supplying allies
What was Germany’s strategy?
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Lusitania was sunk
What happened in May of 1915?
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Lusitania sinking
A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German submarine
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War supplies
What did the Lusitania have that was going to be given to allies?
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124
How many americans died from the Lusitania sinking?
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To look at possible expansion & preparedness incase of war came
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Zimmerman Telegram (1917)
A secret message that exposes a secret plot that Germany has encouraged Mexico to fight & invade the US to gain territory back that they have lost during the Mexican-American War
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British
Who broke the Zimmerman Telegram?
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Mexico
Who did Germany pledge to help if they would attack the US
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April of 1917
When did Wilson declare war on Germany
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The world must remain safe for democracy
What was Wilson’s message?
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Select Service Act of 1917
A military draft
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24 million
How many people were required to draft?
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4 million
How many actually got drafted from the requirement?
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5 million
How many people participated in the US army?
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1 million
How many volunteers did the army have?
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North and Urban areas
Where was there a massive demand for factories to produce goods needed for war?
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Committee of Public Information
Getting information to the public
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Used every media possible
What did the CPI use?
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4 minute men
Gave speeches about war to communities (propaganda war machine)
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War Industries Board
Controls all elements of wartime production
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Food administration
Made ure the allied nations overseas had food
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Grow and preserve food
What was America’s job in WWI?
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Herbert Huber
Who was the head of the food administration?
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Bonds and Taxes
Government asks people to buy bonds to support war effort
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Bond
Take your money today and give it to the government in return the government will give you a piece of paper that you can cash out later for more value
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Significantly rise
Corrupt & income taxes did what?
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60%
How much of their income did the wealthiest pay?
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15th largest army
When the US got involved in WWI, how big was their army?
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Hand to hand combat, grenade throwing in trenches, and climbing terrains
What did the training look like?
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Trench Warfare
What is WWI known for?
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General John Pershing
Who didn’t arrive in Europe until 1918, and lead the American Expeditionary Force into WWI?
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Meuse-Argone September-November 1918
Most notable combat the AEF participated in and the main major military engagement
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Cease fire
In November of 1918 what is agreed on for closing the war?
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1\.2 million
How many Americans took part in the Meuse-Argon Offense?
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96,000
How many wounded soldiers were there in the Meuse-Argon offense?
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26,000 killed
How many Americans were killed in the Meuse-Argon offense?
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Bloodiest Battle the US has ever participated in
The Meuse-Argon is considered to be what?
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Disease and dirtiness
What killed the most people in WWI?
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Mud
What was the enemy in trenches?
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Machine Guns, Poison Gas, Trenches, Planes, and Tanks
What were some of the technologies that changed WWI?
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Eddie Rickenbocker
Who was an American fighting plane Ace for WWI?
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Create peace in post war world and avoid any future wars
What was Wilson’s goal with the 14 point plan?
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Creation of an association of nations
What was point #14?
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League of Nations
International group of nations that keep peace and solve or settle any other disputes
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Without any senators
Wilson went to France without what?
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Treaty of Versailles (1919)
All about punishment
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Germany
Who was severely punished?
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100,000 men
How much were the German forces limited to?
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All the blame
Germany had to accept what?
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Crippled because of reprations
Germany’s economy was what?
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33 billion dollars
How much did Germany owe to the allies?
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Senate
Who refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles?
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Congress
Who can declare war and make treaties?
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Power
What would Congress not have if they ratified the treaty of Versailles?
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Isolationism
What does the US take into effect after WWI?
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Red
Communism & Anarchy/ Chaos
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Scare
Fear of communism & anarchy
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The Russian Revolution
In 1917, was the one event that made the fear of communism rise in the US
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Labor unions, movements, and immigrants
Who were seen to be apart of the communism plan?
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Mitchell Palmer
Current attorney general of the United States
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Communists
Who did the Palmer raids target?
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Xenophobia
Dislike or prejudice towards people from other countries
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USAT Buford
Over 200 Russian “communists” were put on this ship & deported back to Russia
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Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
Known anarchists who were accused of a homicide in a shoe factory in Massachusetts
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Emergency Quota Act (1921) and National Origins Act (1924)
What two acts were both severely limited & restricted new immigrants from entering the US?
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Great Migration
In 1915, Blacks moved from the Jim crow south to the north to take an industrial war time job
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Chicago, Cleveland, and Detroit
What 3 cities had mass population growth?
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Chicago Race Riot
\-5 days
\-National guard involved
\-38 killed and 500+ injured
\-Black teen who didn’t cross the beach at the appropriate spot
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Tulsa Race Riot
\-300 blacks killed
\-10,000 left homeless
\-Black wall street destroyed
\-Young black man falls and slipped into a women, and was deemed of trying to do something
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Credit, Overproduction, and Overspeculation
3 big causes that lead to the Great Depression
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Europe
Where was the demand for American crops high?
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“Buying on a margin”
If you only put a small value down, you borrow money to invest in the stock market
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Black Tuesday (October 29, 1929)
What started the Great Depression?
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Hoovervilles
Poor, jobless, no money people
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1929
What year did the stock market crash?
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1932
What year is the worst year of the Great Depression?
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26,000
How many businesses close in 1930?
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25%
What percent is out of the work force in 1932?
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Dust Bowl
Drought and overworking land destroyed crops caused by dust storms
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West coast and California
Where were Farmers forced to live after the Dust Bowl?
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Dorthea Lagne
Who was a photographer that took pictures of migrant families ruined by Great Depression & Dust Bowl?
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Herbert Hoover’s Economics
Believed the federal government shouldn’t provide citizens with relief
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