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Allies
The Allies , consisted of France, Britain, and
Russia. -
Central Powers
The Central powers was made up of Germany and Austria-Hungary, together with the Ottoman Empire -
1914 Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip stepped from the crowd and shot the
Archduke and his wife Sophie. -
Schlieffen Plan
This plan called for a holding action against Russia, combined with a quick
drive through Belgium to Paris -
Sinking of British liner Arabic
drowning two Americans. Again the United
States protested, and this time Germany agreed not to sink any more passenger
ships -
Sinking of British liner Lusitania
off the southern coast of Ireland. Of the
1,198 persons lost, 128 were Americans. The Germans defended their action on
the grounds that the liner carried ammunition -
Sinking of French passenger liner Sussex
The Sussex sank, and about 80 passengers,
including Americans, were killed or injured -
Battle of the Somme
British suffered
60,000 casualties the first day alone. Final casualties totaled about 1.2 million,
yet only about seven miles of ground changed hands. -
Zimmermann note
a telegram from
the German foreign minister to the
German ambassador in Mexico that was
intercepted by British agents. The
telegram proposed an alliance between
Mexico and Germany and promised
that if war with the United States broke
out, Germany would support Mexico in
recovering “lost territory in Texas, New
Mexico, and Arizona.” -
Convoy System
a heavy guard of destroyers
escorted merchant ships back and forth across the Atlantic in groups -
Second Battle of the Marne
U.S. troops played a major role in throwing
back German attacks at Château-Thierry and Belleau Wood -
Selective Service Act
The act required men to register with the government
in order to be randomly selected for military service. -
War Industries Board
The board encouraged companies to use mass-production techniques to
increase efficiency. It also urged them to eliminate waste by standardizing products -
Austria-Hungary surrenders to Allies
AustriaHungary
surrendered to the Allies -
Establishment of the German Republic
German sailors
mutinied against government authority. The mutiny spread quickly. everywhere in Germany, groups of soldiers and workers organized revolutionary
councils. On November 9, socialist leaders in the capital,
Berlin, established a German republic. -
Natoinal War Labor Board
To deal with disputes between management and labor -
Food Administration
Instead of rationing food, he
called on people to follow the
“gospel of the clean plate.” He
declared one day a week “meatless,”
another “sweetless,” two
days “wheatless,” and two other
days “porkless.” -
Espionage and Sedition Acts
a person could be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced to 20
years in jail for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal, profane,
or abusive about the government or the war effort. -
Cease-fire and armistice
Germans were too exhausted to continue
fighting. So at the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day, in the eleventh month
of 1918, Germany agreed to a cease-fire -
Committee on Public Information
To popularize the war, the government
set up the nation’s first propaganda agency, the Committee on Public
Information (CPI). Propaganda is a kind of biased communication designed to
influence people’s thoughts and actions
