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Main reasons for WW1
M = Militarism, A = Alliances = Imperialism, and N = Nationalism -
sinking of the lusitania
Germany waged the submarine warfare against the United Kingdom. -
Sussex Pledge
promise made by Germany to the United States -
Zimmermann Note
was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the prior event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. -
The Russian Revolution
Russia leaves the war for a revolution -
Selective Service Act
Authorized the united states federal government to raise a national army for service in WWI -
First American Soldiers to Europe
The American troops were called Doughboys. There were the first American soldiers and first divison to arrive in America -
Lever Food and Fuel Control Act
was a World War I era US law that among other things created the United States Food Administration and the Federal Fuel Administration -
Espionage/ Sedition Act
Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act -
Fourteen Points
The fourteen points are what President Willson proposed to Europe after the war so Europe can peacefully consist. -
What new countries were created at the end of WWI?
Austria-Hungary was dissolved, and new nations were created from its land: Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia. The Ottoman Turks had to give up much of their land in southwest Asia and the Middle East. In Europe, they retained only the country of Turkey. -
Armistice
An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war -
Paris Peace Conference
The Paris Peace Conference, also known as Versailles Peace Conference, was the meeting of the victorious Allied Powers following the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers -
Daylight saving time (why was it created)
To change sleeping schedule -
Versailles Treaty
The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919 in Versailles, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The other Central Powers on the German side of World War I signed separate treaties -
League of Nations
An international organization that established World War I under the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
