Chapter 21 American YAWP

chapter 21

Triple Entente

A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding World War I.

assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

started WWI. Assassinated by a Serbian nationalist.

neutrality

A position of not taking sides in a conflict

Great War (= World War 1)

name originally given to the First World War (1914-1918).

Lusitania (1915)

Sunk in 1915 by a German submarine. 139 American killed. Forced Germany to stop submarine warfare.

causes of Great War

Militarism

Alliances

Imperialism

Nationalism

causes of U.S. entry into war

Sinking of RML Lusitania

The Zimmerman Telegraph (a german diplomat that tried to get Mexico to start a war with the US - offer Germany support- to ensure US will not enter the war.

trench warfare

A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield.

submarine warfare / u-boat

Used during World War I mainly between German U-Boats and Atlantic supply convoys for Great Britain

Zimmerman Telegram

A coded message sent by Germany to try to get Mexico to attack the US

draft / Selective Service Act

required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service

nativism / "hyphenated Americans"

favoring the interests of native-born people over foreign-born people

American Protective League

"Hate the Hun", nativist groups would take out prejudices on "disloyal" minorities (counter threats to national security, such as espionage and disloyalty)

Committee on Public Information

government organization that produced propaganda to build support for the war

Espionage & Sedition Acts

WWI:

banned expressing false opinions.

Upheld by Schenk v. United States

war bonds (= liberty bonds)

Certificates sold by the United States government to pay for the war.

provided a way for governments to finance military efforts without raising unpopular taxes, while also giving citizens an investment opportunity with a return of principal plus interest

14 Points

President Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post World War I Europe and for avoiding future wars. Establish the League of Nations

It was an enlightened statement of war his and peace terms

Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919

Flu-like epidemic that killed more than 20 million people worldwide during 1918 and 1919

League of Nations

an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations

Treaty of Versailles

Treaty particularly known for its harsh reparations towards the Germans after World War I.

Red Scare

A period of general fear of communists

fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life

Red Summer- 1919

Racial tension in the post USA war resulted in violence broke down in at least 25 cities, including Chicago and Washington, D.C.

Great Migration

Movement of African Americans from the South to the North for jobs to escape Southern Poverty.

strikes of 1919

women's walk out

Club women fought for women's rights to be in politics

race riots of 1919

Fueled by black Americans demands for equality and with Americans desire to maintain the status quo (a world that did not include social, political or economic equality for black people).

It resulted in massive bloodshed with thousands of injuries, hundredth of deaths and a vast destruction of public and private property across the nation