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Causes for WWI
Militarism: build up of a nation's military
- England had the strongest navy
- France lost territory to Germany 40 years before WWI -
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Imperialism: stronger European nation controlling weaker nations around the world
- Germany wanted to gain colonies -
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Nationalism: sense of pride in one’s nation
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Wilson's views of the war
Wilson was determined to keep the US out of the conflict. After the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare in early 1917, Wilson was obliged to declare war on Germany. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
On May 7, 1915, less than a year after World War I (1914-18) erupted across Europe, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route from New York to Liverpool, England. Nearly two years would pass before the United States formally entered World War I, but the sinking of the Lusitania played a significant role in turning public opinion against Germany, both in the United States and abroad. -
Sussex Pledge
The Sussex Pledge was a promise given by the German Government to the United States of America in response to US demands relating to the conduct of the first World War. Germany promised to alter their naval and submarine policy of unrestricted submarine warfare to stop the indiscriminate sinking of non-military ships. -
First American Soldiers to Europe
who were often called "Doughboys". The AEF did not participate at the front until October 21, 1917, when the 1st Division fired the first American shell of the war toward German lines, although they participated only on a small scale. A group of regular soldiers and the first American division to arrive in France. -
New Nations
Austria-Hungary was parted into Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia.The Ottoman Turks had to give up much of their land in southwest Asia and the Middle East. They retained only the country of Turkey. -
Zimmermann Note
The 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. Mexico would recover Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. The proposal was intercepted and decoded by British intelligence. -
The Russian Revolution
It was also called the October Revolution. It overthrew the czar and brought the Bolsheviks. A Communist party led by Lenin to gain power. The revolution was encouraged by Russian setbacks in World War I. -
Selective Service Act
The act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service. Within a few months, some 10 million men across the country had registered in response to the military draft. -
Espionage/ Sedition Act
It was intended to prohibit interference with military operations or recruitment, to prevent insubordination in the military, and to prevent the support of United States enemies during wartime. An Act to punish acts of interference with the foreign relations, and the foreign commerce of the United States, to punish espionage, and better to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes. -
Lever Food and Fuel Control Act
The Lever Food Control Act of 1917 authorized the president to regulate the price, production, transportation, and allocation of feeds, food, fuel, beverages, and distilled spirits for the remainder of World War I (1914–1918). Popularly known as the Lever Act, the law also empowered the president to nationalize certain private factories, and requisition storage facilities for military supplies. -
Fourteen points
It was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end WW1. President Wilson set down 14 points as a blueprint for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after WW1. -
Daylight saving time
The main purpose of daylight saving time is to make better use of daylight. According to some sources, DST saves energy. -
Paris Peace Conference
It was also known as Versailles Peace Conference. It was the meeting of the victorious Allied Powers. Then the following the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers. -
Versailles Treaty
It was a document signed between Germany and the Allied Powers following World War I that officially ended that war. This lead to the league of nations. -
Armistice
An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war. It may constitute only a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace. -
League of Nations
An international organization established after World War I under the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. It brought about much international cooperation on health, labor problems, and refugee affairs.
