U.S. Involvement in WW1
notes on the u.s. involvement in world war 1
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- Was the U.S. neutral or not ?
- yes it was
- Battle of the Marne
- * dug trenches *lasted almost three years * little movement occurred
- U.S. forced to chose sides. Why?
- Lusitana (cargo ship) sunk by german U boats 128 americans killed
- What are U-boats?
- submarines
- What is self determination ?
- a national groups right to their on government
- What were victory gardens ?
- gardens that were used to grow food for the soldiers
- What is propaganda ?
- information or ideas spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, or nation
- What was the treaty of Versailles ?
- ended the war but brought us into WW2
- What was ft. McPherson ?
- *the fort that housed German soldiers
- What is Camp Benning ?
- *home of the U.S. army's infantry school
- What was georgia's role in WW1 ?
- *ft. McPherson *camp Benning *100,000 georgians joined armed forces
- Who was the general during WW1 ?
- General Pershing
- Who were the allies ?
- F rance U .S. R ussia G reat Britain
- Who were the Central Powers ?
- G ermany A ustria-Hungary B ulgaria T urkey
- What started the war in europe ?
- the assassination of Francis Ferdinand
- What caused Russia to pull out of WW1 ?
- because of the Russian Revolution
- What was Russia named after the russian revolution, and did it stay that way later on ?
- it was named the united soviet socialist republic (USSR or the Soviet Union) no it did not last that long at all
- Was germany forced to fight a two front war ?
- yes!!!!!!!