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- Russian Revolution
- the revolution against the Czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917
- Al Capone
- United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during Prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947), Gangster wanted by the government for the illegal sale of alcohol
- 18th amendment
- stated prohibition of liquor
- submarine warfare
- Used during World War I mainly between German U-Boats and Atlantic supply convoys for Great Britain
- New Inventions
- gas masks, u boats, airplanes and mustard gas
- USSR Soviet Union
- leds to the red scare
- Charlamange
- son of Pepin III; built empire that stretched from Spain to Central Europe; allied closely with Church, divided the empire into counties; established "Missi Dominici"; established "Marks" or "Marches"; made Aachen the capital city
- Francis Fedinand
- archduke assassined by Gavrilo Princip
- Bolshevics
- political party in russia
- William Howard Taft
- 27th president of the U.S.; he angered progressives by moving cautiously toward reforms and by supporting the Payne-Aldrich Tariff; he lost Roosevelt's support and was defeated for a second term.
- Trench Warfare
- war from inside trenches enemies would try killing eachother with machine guns and tanks, and poison gas
- Wilson's solgan
- keep us out of war
- Axis's
- Germant, Austria-Hungry andTurkey
- Karl Marx
- founder of modern communism, The creator of Marxism and the Communist Manifesto.
- Neutral
- Italy
- 4 things needed for war
- union army, money, equipment and supplies, support at home
- Volstan Act
- more than .5% alcohol was considered illiegal
- bootleggers
- Smugglers of illegal alcohol during the Prohibition era
- Arabic Pledge
- The pledge that Germany stated it would give 30 mins before the attack on a civilian ship
- Marne River
- where Germany was stopped by France
- Czar Nicholas
- tried to avoid war but couldnt 1917 abdicated his throne
- American Expeditionary Force
- About 2 million Americans went to France as members of this under General John J. Pershing, the name given to the american military force that fought in world war I
- Woodrow Wilson
- 28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership, created Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act, progressive income tax, lower tariffs, women's suffrage (reluctantly), Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification), won Nobel Peace Prize
- Eugene Debs
- arrested for taking out the head of the comunist party and ran for president in jail. he received alot of votes
- counsel for defense
- meatless Tuesdays and victory gardens
- Bull Moose Party
- nickname for the new Progressive Party, which was formed to support Roosevelt in the election of 1912
- Zimmerman Note
- proposed a German- Mexican alliance. He tempted Mexico with the ideas of recovering Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. The note was intercepted on March 1, 1917 by the U.S. government. This was a major factor that led us into WWI.
- war ended
- November 11, 1918 at 11 o'clock
- George Creel
- head of the Committee on Public Information 1917 which was allegedly formed to combat wartime rumors by providing authoritative info. It served as propaganda agency proclaiming the govn'ts version of reality and discrediting those who questioned that version.
- New nations formed
- Yugoslavia, Czechslavakia, Hungry, Austria, Lithuhana, Estonia, La Vita and Poland
- Belgium
- conquered by Germany
- Progressive Platform
- Roosevelt wanted more changes in the US
- assembly line
- - the method of production that breaks down a complete task into a series of smaller tasks.
- Vladamir Lenon
- leader of the Bolshivic party and he brought up the red scare
- the big 4
- England, France, Italy and USA
- League of Nations
- An organization of nations formed after World War I to promote cooperation and peace.
- England's Rival
- France
- Nationalism
- the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other
- 21st amendment
- ended prohibition
- Pancho Villa
- mexican revolutionary who killed many americans in mexico. The United States sent John J Pershing to capture him but never did.
- English Propoganda
- presented information with a bias and persuasive point of view
- selective service act
- law requiring men to register for military service
- Militarism
- a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggresively to defend or promote national interests
- 14 points
- Woodrow Wilson's peace plan, set out before war ended, helped bring it to and end because it helped Germans look forward to peace and be willing to surrender, was easy on the germans punishment for war. Points included: poeple all over the world are to determine their own fate, (self-determination)no colonial powers grabbing nations, free trade, no secret pacts, freedom of the seas, arms reduction, creation of world orginization/League of Nations.
- new inventions
- radio and movie industry
- Irish-Americans
- sided with the central powers
- Lusitania
- American boat that was sunk by the German U-boats; made America consider entering WWI
- Election of 1912
- When the Republican's votes were split between Taft and Roosevelt, the Democrats stayed together and elected Wilson as President. The Republicans had no chance because they had two candidates running.
- committee of public information
- to sell the war to the American people
- 19th amendment
- 26 states in 1917-19 petitioned Congress to pass a woman suffrage amendment to the Constitution and Senate passed in 1920
- Sedition Act
- Made it a crime to criticize the government or government officials. Opponents claimed that it violated citizens' rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press, gauranteed by the First Amednment.
- Armasist
- putting an end the fighting by Germany
- Allies
- Russia, England and France
- Treaty of Versailles
- the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans