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WW1
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Trench Warfare
Using occupied fighting lines, protects from the enemies. -
Sinking of Lusitania
British torpedoed without warning by German submarine -
Zimmerman Note
Secret diplomatic communication -
Espionage and Sedition Act
An act that targeted socialist and labor leaders that blocked expression of views that were harmful to the U.S. Also forbidding congress from making laws going against the freedom of speech. -
Spanish Flu
Deadliest disease, killing an estimated 20 million to 50 million people -
Fourteen Points
Statement of principles for peace used for peace negotiations. Was the League of Nations to guarantee the "peace and independence & territorial integrity." -
Treaty of Versailles
Negotiated among the allied powers, 15 parts 440 articles reassigned German boundaries. Germany had to pay to repair all the damage of the war. -
Women
The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote. Before only the men could vote but after this day the women had the right to vote.
