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Zimmerman Note
Militarism, Alliance, Imperilaism, and Nationalism, caused europe to enter agreat war. Having good relationship with both Germany and Great Britain, America decided to be isolated as long as the safety of civilians weren't infringed. America remained neutral for about 2 years, until Arthur Zimmerman secretly proposed a German-Mexican alliance. The alliance stated that if America attacked Germany, Mexico would join aginst the US, and in return Germany would help recover Texas, New Mexico, & AZ -
Fourteen Points
Woodrow Wilson stated the entrence into WWI was being fought for a moral cause, inclusing peace in Europe. His points included economic barriers, border problems and independence of territories, among other problems -
Treaty of Versailles
Wilson 14 points were to create peace among the participating nations in WWI, but were disliked by all of the other countries. Hence, new negotations began to establish peace among the nations. The allied powers, took in little consideration Germany, and basically reassigned German boundaries and assigned liability for reparations. The treaty left Germany under strict enforcemnt. -
RED Scare
Following the end of World War I, a fear rose in america concerning a potential rise of communism. Workers didn't strike during the war were now demanding wage increases to corrolate with the inflation.Many Americans believed the labor actism was a menist to America and should be diminshed -
Radio Broadcasting
Following the end of the War, America begin to live life to the max. Many "future items" like the car, radio, and airplane were rising. On election day, November 2, station KDKA broadcasted he results of the Harding-Cox presidential race before they read about it in the newspaper. -
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Teapot Dome Scandal
By xecutive order of the President, control of naval oil reserves were transferred from the Navy Dept. to the Dept. of the Interior. A US secretary later leased the Dome, and eventually becoming a scandal, where the senator involved had been "bribed" $100,000. -
Kellogg Briand Pact
International agrement where signing countries promised not to use war to resolve disputes or conflicts. Any country who didn't abide by the pact "should be denied of the benefits furnished by this treaty". -
Stock Market Crash
During the 1920s the stockmarket rapidly increased, but that didn't last for long, when the stockmarket reached their peak in 1929. Stock market prices began to slowly decrese, eventually leading to the trade of 16,410,030 on october 29. Billions of dollars were lost and this crash led to the Great Depresion
