WW1

WW1 for US history

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Causes for war

Militarism

What does M in MAIN stand for?

Alliances

What does A in MAIN stand for?

Imperialism

What does I in MAIN stand for?

Nationalism

What does N in MAIN stand for?

Woodrow Wilson

Who declared neutrality?

Stop supplies from reaching the enemy.

What did European nations at war do with supplies?

Germany

Who did Great Britain declared a naval blockade against?

U.S ships.

Who was included in the Great Britain naval blockade against Germany in seizing?

seizing US ships

What did Wilson argue with British?

violation of neutral nation

What does seizing ships do for US?

Allies

Who did native-born American sided with?

Allied power (Britain and France)

If is US was neutral, what was the economy closer to

Because Allies needed war supplies quadrupled in trade

Why is the U.S trade with Germany shrinking?

Allied powers

Who was J.P Morgan extending his loan to?

Brit and france

Who did American sympathized with

Germany

Who was viewed as cruel after reading the newspaper describing Germany armies of invading other countries?

immigrants

Who supported their home country in American population?

Republicans

Who influential Republican pushed for US entry to war.

• U.S should enter

• German victory would shake up economic balance and trade

What did Roosevelt argue?

not prepared for war

What did Roosevelt and other Republicans recognized of US military

National Defense Act in 1916

What did Wilson convinced Congress to pass?

Midwest and west

Who opposed to the war?

b/c he didn’t want war

Why did Wilson win the election?

Sent representatives to Europe for peace settlement and speeches to senate declaring U.S commitment "peace without victory"

How did Wilson push for peace?

Declaration of war against Germany

After a month, what did Wilson ask for congress?

German torpedoes hit and sank British passenger cruise ship (128 Americans on board)

What was the Lusitania and German aggression?

A letter sent to Mexico by a German minister

What is the Zimmerman note?

Regain land lost during Mex-American war

What would Germany help Mexico with?

Majority

How many in Congress voted for declaration of war?

control over raw materials and prices

What is War Industries Board?

encouraged household to eat less meat and bread to conserve food for allied troops

What is Food administration?

directed efforts to save coal

What is Fuel administration?

shut down nonessential factories

What was the result of the Fuel administration?

liberty bonds were encouraged- taxes were raised

What is finance?

up to 20 years to prison for inciting rebellion in military or hinder draft operations

What is the Espionage Act?

prohibited disloyal or abusive remarks about US government

What is the Sedition Act?

when a man had been imprisoned for distributing pamphlets against the draft

Why did the supreme court upheld the espionage act?

a draft that all men 21-30 register for the draft

What is the selective service act?

2\.8 million

How many were called to fight?

Racial segregation (segregated units)

What was included in military just like American society?

a few

How many AA became officers?

no

did AA get equal rights at home if they participated?

Woman’s contribution during war

What convinced Wilson and US to support the 19th amendment?

North

Where did AA move to take advantages of job opportunities?

The Great Migration

What was one of the largest movements of people in United States history?

6 million

How many Black people moved from the American South to Northern, Midwestern, and Western states roughly?

To escape racial violence, pursue economic and educational opportunities, and obtain freedom from the oppression of Jim Crow

What was the driving force behind the mass movement of the Great Migration?

trench warfare, machine guns, poison gas, tanks, airplanes all contributed to this

How did millions of Europeans died?

American Expeditionary Force

What is the AEF?

AET

What is the first U.S troops to help weaknesses in French and British areas?

German boarder

Where did the U.S troops along with other Allies pushed Germans back to?

Armistice

What did German sign?

14 points

What was Wilson list of war aims to prevent another war?

Palace of Versailles

Where did the peace conference took place in?

Russia

Who was not present in the treaty of Versailles?

Reparations and compensation

What did other European nations want Germany to take responsibility for war?

1. Germany Responsibility
• Disarmed and stripped of colonies – admit guilt for war and pay reparations to
Great Britain and France – Rhineland occupied by France for 15 years
2. Territories once controlled by Germany were taken by Allies with some granted
independence
3. Signers of treaty would join League of Nations to protect independence

What was the treaty of V terms?

1. • Disarmed and stripped of colonies – admit guilt for war and pay reparations to Great Britain and France – Rhineland occupied by France for 15 years

What was Germany responsibility in the TOV terms?

Territories once controlled by Germany

What did the Allies take from Germany that some was granted independence?

2/3 approval

How many approval did Wilson need for all parts of Treaty of Versailles?

Interfering with U.S independence and lead to alliances

Why were many senators were concerned that joining League of Nations?

yes

Did the senate defeat the treaty?

ratified Versailles Treaty or joined League of Nations

While the U.S made peace with Germany, what did it never ratify?

1) demobilization

2)race riots

3)the red scare

What is the Postwar problems in the US?

Soldiers returning to be unemployed when war supplies was not needed

What was demobilization?

Racial tension

What did large African American migration to northern cities increase?

• increased racial tension

• added competition within jobs and housing led to defensive northerners

• Conditions in the south remained violent, lynching’s and murders by whites took place

What is the Race Riots?

The anti-German hysteria of the war years turned into anti-Communist hysteria

What is the Red Scare?

• A series of unexplained bombings caused attorney general A. Mitchell Palmer to establish special office under J Edgar Hoover. This special office would gather information on anarchists, socialists, and labor defenders

• In one year, 6,000 people were arrested with little criminal evidence

What were somethings of the Red Scare?