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Trench Warfare
No mans land as disputed ground between the front lines or trenches of 2 opposing teams. France and Belgium were where the trenches ere located. Trenches were mainly used for protection -
sinking of lusitania
The Lusitania was torpedoed by a German u-boat. Due to american deaths on Lusitania, this pressured Wilson into WW1. -
Zimmerman Note
Zimmerman instructed the ambassador to offer financial aid to Mexico if it agreed to enter any U.S-Germany conflict as a German ally. This contributed to the United States entering the war because Mexico was currently in a conflict with Mexico and Germany offered to help them. -
Spanish Flu
Spanish flu is caused by a virus of type A, in particular that of the pandemic that began in 1918. -
Espionage and Sedition Act
The act targeted people who talked bad or made the United Sates look bad. This was said to violate the 1st amendment because people were not allowed to freely express their opinion about the United States because they would be imprisoned.
the Schenck vs US court case concluded that defendants who distributed leaflets to draft-age men, urging resistance to indiction, could be convicted of an attempt to obstruct the draft, a criminal offense -
Fourteen Points
A speech/statement given to Congress President Wilson declaring that WW1 was being fought for a moral cause and calling for peace in Europe.
International organisation created after WW1 to provide a forum for resolving international disputes -
Treaty of versailles
The treaty's 15 parts and 440 articles reassigned German boundries and assigned liability for reparations -
19th amendment
The 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. Women during the war worked in munitions factory making bombs, cartridges, etc. Their work supplied soldiers and helped us win the War.
