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ASSASSINATION OF ARCHDUKE FRANCIS FERDINAND & POWDER KEG
Archduke Francis of Austria and his wife were shot dead by Gavrilo Princip. This marks the beginning of World War I. -
MILITARISM, IMPERIALISM, NATIONALISM, ALLIANCE SYSTEM LEAD TO WAR
The main causes of the United States entering into WWI were militarism, imperialism, and nationalism. America wanted to gain land as well as show off that they are strong enough to support themselves. -
LUSITANIA
This is the British passenger ship what was sunk by a German submarine. This got America all riled up because there were 128 Americans aboard that ship. This is another cause for America getting involved with WWI. -
“HE KEPT US OUT OF WAR”
This was said by Americans during the Election of 1916, referring to how President Woodrow Wilson had kept the U.S. neutral at the beginning of the World War. -
GREAT MIGRATION
This refers to the huge migration of African Americans from Africa to America. They took many American jobs while people were off fighting in the war. -
ZIMMERMANN TELEGRAM
Zimmerman, a German, wrote a note saying that he wanted to create a secret German-Mexican alliance in the World War. When this letter was found, the idea was completely dismantled. -
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
This was a revolution against the Czarist Russian government, which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional (communist) government. -
SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT
This act provided for the registration of all American men between the ages of 21 and 30 for a military draft. -
ESPIONAGE ACT
This law imposed harsh penalties on anyone that interfered with or spoke against the U.S. government. -
WAR INDUSTRY BOARD CREATED
This was an agency established during WWI to increase efficiency & discourage waste in war-related industries. This involved managers and large business owners that decided to become closer to their employees. -
RUSSIAN OVERTHROW OF CZAR
Czar Nicholas II was the Russian Czar during WWI who was unpopular with the Russian people. He was overthrown and then executed by the Bolsheviks later. -
GENERAL PERSHING AND AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
This was an American force of 14,500 that landed in France in June 1917 under the command of General John Pershing. Both women and blacks served during the war, mostly under white officers. -
FOURTEEN POINTS
President Woodrow Wilson's idealist ideas to make peace with other countries after WWI. Some of these points were incorporated into the Treaty of Versailles at the end of WWI. -
SEDITION ACT
This act, along with the Espionage Act, stated that people couldn't speak out cruelly against the government, and if they did, they would be imprisoned. This is the reason why Eugene Debs was in prison. -
INFLUENZA PANDEMIC
This was a global outbreak of a deadly type of flu. The movement of soldiers during WWI helped to spread the virus. -
BIG FOUR MEETS
The "Big Four" refers to the four countries that were allied together in WWI. They met after the war to discuss peace terms. This is when they came up with the Treaty of Versailles. -
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
This treaty was created to solve problems made by World War I, and Germany was forced to accept the treaty. It was composed of only four of the original points made by President Woodrow Wilson. The treaty punished Germany and did nothing to stop the threat of future wars. It maintained the pre-war power structure. -
SCHENCK V. UNITED STATES
Scheneck was an officer of an anti-war group who was arrested for violations of the Espionage Act. The case sparked rethinking of the First Amendment until the Supreme Court ruled the Espionage Act was justifiable. -
XENOPHOBIA - RED SCARE
The red scare was a period of anticommunism in the U.S. It was characterized by the suspicion of widespread civil-service infiltration by Communists and Anarchist and fears of communist influence on U.S. society and infiltration of the U.S. government. It also sparked xenophobia, or the fear of people from other countries.