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Imperalism
European powers rushed to claim the remaining uncolonized areas of the world, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Germany's leaders envied Britain and France, two countries had been colonized early and controlled large empires. -
Militarism
It involved aggressively building up a nation's armed forces in preparation for war and giving the military more authority over the government and policy. -
Nationalism
was the tendency for countries such as the great powers to act in their own national interests. People have pride in their country -
Sinking of the Lusitania
German U-boat torpedoed the British-owned luxury steamship Lusitania, killing 1,128 people including 128 Americans. The disaster immediately strained relations between Germany and the neutral United States -
Sussex Pledge
The german government again promised that U-Boats would warn ships before attacking. -
Zimmerman note
Germany sent this to Mexico instructing an ambassador to convince Mexico to go to war with the U.S. It was intercepted that the U.S. to mobilized against Germany -
The Russian Revolution
While the two revolutionary events took place within months, the social unrest in Russia had become more and more.It also cheered the pro war faction in the US. -
Selective Service Act
Authorize a draft of young man military service. In the next two years, the Act managed to send some 2.8 million men to war, and the abused bounty system was abolished -
Daylight saving time
turning clocks ahead one hour for the summer. By shifting an hour of sunlight from the early morning, to the evening, it increased the number of daylight hours available for work. Daylight saving time also reduced the need for artificial light and lowered fuel consumption. -
Lever Food and Fuel Control Act
A law that among other things created the US Food Administration and the Federal Fuel Administration. Also it authorized the president to regulate the price, production, transportation, food, fuel and beverages. -
First American Soldiers to Europe
Both women and blacks served during the war. American Troops Arrive in France of 1917. -
President Wilson’s views
Americans saw the germans as a people of frightening militarism and cold-blooded efficiency. Mistrust in Kaiser Wilhelm II .The Allies had more money so they helped them more than Germany. American didnt want to help in the war. -
Fourteen Points
For the numbers of provisions is contained. For peace negotiations after World War I. -
Espionage/ Sedition Act
made it a crime to interfere with the operations of the military to promote the success of its enemies and prohibited many forms of speech perceived as disloyal to the US. -
Armistice
A temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties. -
Paris Peace Conference
It is an agreement to ensure a world war would never happen again. The US wanted to maintain their healthy economy so they wanted France and Britain to repay their loans and make the world safe for democracy. -
Versailles Treaty
Peace document signed at the end of World War I by the Allied and associated powers. -
What new countries were created at the end of WWI?
Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia, Poland, Finnland... -
League of Nations
An organisation in which the nations of the world would join together to ensure security and peace for all its members
