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Great Migration
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Asassination of of Archduke Francis Ferdinand Powder Keg
ferdinand, his wife, sophie, and Dutchess of Hohenberg were shot dead in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip. -
Lusitania
She was torpedoed and sunk by a German u-boat, causing 1198 deaths. -
"He kept us out of war"
Woodrow Wilson's campaign used this as his popular slogan. -
Zimmerman Telegram
Internal diplomatic communicaion issued from the German foreign office. -
Russian Revolution
led to the ride of the Soviet Union due to the Russian Empire collapsing. -
Russian Overthrow of Czar
the army garrison at Pertrograd joined striking workers in demanding social reforms, and Czar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate. -
Militarism, Imperialism, Nationalism, Alliance system lead to war
alliance systems lead to war. US declared war on Germnay. -
Selective Service Act
authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people. -
Espionage Act
Federal law passed shortly after entrance into WWI, made it a crime for a person to mail or print information that inspired dissent against the American war effort or promoted its enemies. -
War Industry Board Created
was a United States government agency established on July 28, 1917, during World War I, to coordinate the purchase of war supplies. -
Influenza Pandemic
The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the Great War, known today as World War I (WWI), at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people. It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history. -
Fourteen Points
goals of the United States in the peace negotiations after World War I. -
Sedition Act
was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, -
General Pershing and American Expiditionary Forces
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Big 4 meets
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Schenk v. US
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Red Scare
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Treaty of Versailles
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Xenophobia