U.S. HIstory Ch. 11
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- Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- Him and his wife were assassinated, which started the Great War.
- John J. Pershing
- He commanded the American Expeditionary Force.
- Selective Service Act
- This act increased the amount of soliders that were in the regular army.
- Italy was a neutral country till when?
- 1915: when they joined the Allies.
- What was important about the Somme Battle?
- It claimed more then a million casualties.
- What made Great Britain declare war on Germany in 1914?
- German troops went through neutral Belgium on their way to France.
- How did the 1918 Sedition Act & 1917 Espionage Act have in comman?
- They both helped unify people with the war effort by they outlawed obstructing & speaking out for the war.
- In 1915 what made United States & Germany's relation bad?
- When German submarines sunk & attacked the British Lusitania ship.
- Some United States senators didn't like the League of Nations because?
- They thought that it would make the U.S. relations with other countries a military one.
- World War I (WWI) caused such things as...
- European Nationalism, Increasing armies and navies, Imperialist Competition.
- The British Blockade caused what?
- Widespread stravation in Germany.
- The United States used the convoy system to overcome what?
- The attacks from the German U-boats.
- New weapons were introduced in WWI, what were they?
- Tanks & Airplanes.
- In WWI, what nations suffered the least amount killed?
- The United States.
- What countries were part of the BIG Four?
- United States, Italy, France & Great Britain.
- The Neutrality Act did what for the United States?
- It kept the United States out of WWI for the first 3 years.
- What did the Schlieffen Plan do?
- It allowed Germany to drive quickly toward the French capital.
- What made the United States enter the war?
- The outrage of the United States citizens after the German submarine warfare.
- The main form of fighting on the western front was what?
- Trench Warfare.
- Centeral Powers of WWI was?
- Bulgaria, Germany, & Austria Hungary.
- What two countries were invovled in the Zimmmermann Note?
- Germany & Mexico.
- If it wasn't for what, the war could have been only bewteen Serbia & Austria-Hungary.
- The Alliance System.
- Germany was forced to take sole responsiblilty for the war because?
- Of Germany's Military Aggression.
- Wilson's Fourteen point program, did not have _______________ in it?
- Repartions for Germany
- African Americans moving to Northen Cities was what?
- The Great Migration.
- Nationalism was strong where?
- In the Balkans.
- Did Congress unanimously declare war in 1917?
- No, it was not unanimously.
- The Nineteenth Amendment was helped pass by what?
- The Women's war effort.
- Germany used what in their Navy?
- They used U-Boats
- Why was Daylight-Savings Time used during the war?
- To help conserve fuel.
- The United States used propaganda for what?
- To help gain support for the war.
- Was Great Britain the first country to use posion gases in the war?
- No, other countries used it first.
- United States & Germany signed what?
- A separate peace agreement.
- After the war, what did the United States suffer from?
- The World Wide Flu Epidemic.
- Did pacifist like that the United States declared war?
- No, they didn't like it.
- George Creel
- Was the leader of the Committee of Public Information.
- William Sims
- He thought of the Convoy system, that allowed transportation of men & goods to Europe.
- Eddie Rickenbacker
- Was a American Ace pilot, who shot down 26 enemy planes during the war.
- Bernard M. Baruch
- He was the leader of the War Industries board.
- Alvin York
- He was a American war hero, who helped capture 132+ & killed 25 Germans.
- Georges Clemenceau
- At the Treaty of Versailles Conferance he led France.
- David Lloyd George
- At the Treaty of Versailles Conference, he led Great Britain.
- Vladimir Lenin
- He led the Bolshevik Revolution.
- Vittorio Orlando
- At the Treaty of Versailles Conference, he was the leader for Italy.
- Wilhelm II
- He was the leader for Germany, that abdicated.
- * How were Immigrants affected by the war?
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- Central European Immigrants were descrimminated against.
- Women gained equality, went into the workplace.
- African Americans migrated north, for better jobs. - * Why did the United States enter the war? (3 reasons)
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- The Zimmermann Note
- Financial ties to the Allies
- German's use of unrestricted submarine warfare
- Russia droppes out of the war