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Begining of Great Migration
African-Americans moved north during this period, largely in response to an increased number of unskilled factory job openings as northern manufacturers boosted production for World War I. -
4 Causes of WW1
Causes of World War 1
Imperialism, Nationalism, militarism, Allience system. -
Map before war.
Alot less countrys
Countrys are bigger. -
Assanation of Franz Ferdinand
By a Serbian Terrerist group called the "The Black Hand".
Franz made it clear that he was gonna make many changes when he came into power -
Allies Vs. Central powers
Allies- France, Britan, and Russia
Central- Germany, austria-hungry, and Italy. -
British Blockade
block german war supplies which included furtalizer which was for farming but since the germans couldnt get it germans starved. -
Fighting begains
In belgium -
Trench Warfare
life in the trenches was wet and you were always crouching -
Weapons that changed the war.
Mustard Gas- Cleared out trenches.
Machine guns- could fire rapidly and kill more people faster.
Tanks- you could ride across no mans land and not be hurt and you could drive over trenches -
Womans roles in WWI
Cook, Clean, Work, and take care of children. -
The Big 4
France, United Kingdom, U.S.A, and Italy. -
Lusitania
Cruise ship exploded -
Presidential election of 1916
Woodrow Willson wins
"He Kept Us Out of War" -
Zimmermann Note
Germans Declare war on the U.S.
Want Mexico and Japan to join them.
Says mexico will acquire new land in U.S. -
America enters the war.
Americans were killed on a cruise ship. -
CPI
Committee on Public information
The leader was George Creel -
Selective service act 1917
Hugh johnson was the first drafted.
24 million signed up
3 million got drafted
There were Exeptions and defferals to not be drafted. -
Espionage Act
It prescribed a $10,000 fine and 20 years' imprisonment for interfering with the recruiting of troops or the disclosure of information dealing with national defence. -
WIB
War Industries Board
Bernard M. baruch -
Sedition Act
Could not talk bad about the governments intentions on the war. -
Map after the War
Alot more smaller countries egknowledging individual racial groups -
money spent
35 billion dollars
8500000 Military Deaths -
Armistace
"armistice" means a cessation of hostilities as a prelude to peace negotiations. signed at 5 a.m. on the morning of 11 November 1918, and came into effect six hours later at 11 a.m. -
schenck Vs. United States
Schenck Sent all the drafted soilders pamplets undermining the efforts of the war though it was against the Espionage act, but he fought against it in court and lost. -
Treaty of Versailles
Germany had to give up all there territories. Take full responiablity and pay a large sum of money to pay for dameges cause during the war.
And it seemed like the big four was more trying to get revenge than make peace. -
End of the Great migration
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League of Nations
Formed to ensure war never broke out again.
