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Trench Warfare is introduced
~No man's land is the area between opposing trenches
~The trenches were located on the Western Front and was used to protect troops from small fire arms and keep them sheltered -
Sinking of Lusitania
~The Sinking of Lusitania was when the British navy attacked a German ship
~This contributed to the US entering the war because it turned public opinion in many countries (including the US) against Germany -
Zimmermann Note
~Zimmermann's Note was a message that British code breakers intercepted from Zimmermann talking about a German/Mexican alliance as well as an attack on the US
~Both the German aggression and the submarine attacks that came with it pushed the US to join the war -
Spanish Flu
~This flu added up to have the highest number of known flu deaths. The symptoms were just flu-like symptoms such as fever, chills, etc.
~This pandemic infected a fifth of the world, killing an estimated 675,000 Americans and an estimated 20-50 million deaths worldwide
~Was rampant all of 1918 -
Fourteen Points
~The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for world peace that was used for peace negotiations
~The League of Nations formed after the first war to solve/resolve international disputes -
Espionage and Sedition Act
~Intended to prohibit interference with military operations
~It violated the first amendment because people could not speak freely
~In the Schenck v. US court case, it was ruled that it did not violate the first amendment -
Treaty of Versailles
~One of the peace treaties at the end of WW1 that ended the state of war between Germany and Allied Powers
~Germany had to pay to repair all of the damage of the war, and the Central Powers were stripped of substantial territories -
Women
~The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote, ratified August 18th, 1920
~During the war, women were recruited into jobs that were vacated by men who went to fight in the war as well as recruited into new jobs that were created as part of the war effort
