History pt. 7

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The strong build up of armed forces to intimidate and threaten other nations

Militarism

The food and ministration increase the countries what?

• food production • fuel administration

What was life like on the homefront for women and minorities?

Although women's roles in the military during World War I were limited, they also worked back home in factories, rail yards, etc.

What did Eddie Rickenbacker accomplish?

America's greatest flying ace

What caused arise in tensions between European nations?

Austria hungary annexed Bosnia

Managed use of coal and oil

Fuel administration

Who led the American expeditionary force (AEF)

General John J Pershing "black jack"

What is the Zimmerman note?

Germans sent to Mexico declaring war. British intercepted it

Who issued the Sussex pledge?

Germany

Two Central Powers

Germany Austria Hungary

What nations formed the triple alliance?

Germany, Italy, Austria Hungary

The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany, demanding that It do what?

Hey reparations of $33 billion

Why did America not get involved for a while?

Immigrants: 30% fresh off the boat, didn't like Britain Isolation: strong tradition of isolationism back to Washington's farewell address, Monroe doctrine.

What was the reason for the Sussex pledge?

In hopes US wouldn't declare war on Germany

What was the primary reason that the Senate rejected the treaty of Versailles?

It rejected the notion of a league of Nations

Why did a German U-boat sink The passenger ship Lusitania?

It went against an international treaty signed by Germany that band attacks on civilian ships without warning

What was the war industries Board for?

Making war materials

What effect did the war have one women in America?

Many took jobs that were traditionally held by men

What kinds of cultural changes do you think the great migration brought to the African-American community?

Migration gave many African-Americans hope for a new and improved lifestyle

Everyone wanted the best army

Militarism

Glorification of the military

Militarism

Hatred, my country better, Germany plus Slavic fighting

Nationalism

The desire to promote one's own country's culture and interest above all other nations

Nationalism

The crisis in the Balkans represented a clash between which two are deals that were in merging in Europe?

Nationalism and imperialism

How did the sinking of the Lusitania change the way Pinchot thought of the war?

Now thinks that the German killed the men, women, and children

Where did the Lusitania sink? How many people died?

Off the coast of Ireland; 128 Americans died

Who led the massive US attack near the Argonne Forest that pushed Germans back?

Pershing

Many African-American soldiers fought with the distinction in what?

Racial segregated units

What were two ways the country pay for the war?

Raising income tax and selling bonds

General purging insisted that American soldiers who entered the war do what?

Remain in American units under American command

What were the European alliances that were triggered when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia?

Russia and France allied with Serbia against Austria Hungary and Germany

Advancements in technology lead to what new Theater of battle?

The air, with dog fights between planes

Which side did American businesses support?

The allies

What battle on the Western front resulted in a massive German retreat?

The battle of the Argonne Forest

Selective service act is what?

The draft

Why did Congress passed the selective service act?

To draft Americans into the Armed Forces

What was the purpose of though what time agencies created in the US during World War I?

To foster cooperation between the national war effort and private businesses

What were the purposes of the espionage and sedition acts?

To prevent spying and Curtail criticism of the government

What was the purpose of the committee on public information?

To sell the war effort to Americans

Why did the US get involved in the war?

Zimmermann note

Not all US soldiers were drafted; approximately 2 million were what?

volunteered

What were three of the main ideas in Wilson's 14 points?

• Free-trade and open diplomacy • National self-determination • The establishment of the league of Nations

To protect themselves from artillery fire, the troops did what?

Begin digging trenches

Where was the Western front?

Between Germany and France

What European nations formed the triple entente?

Britain, France, Russia

Why did many Americans support the British?

British used propaganda

How did American admiral Williams Sims change the war at Sea?

By creating convoys in which merchant ships and small, maneuverable warships called destroyers travel together

How did the fuel administration attempt to conserve Cole and oil during the war?

By instituting heatless Mondays and creating daylight savings time

How did America find the $32 billion war effort?

By raising taxes in selling bonds

The use of what at sea greatly reduced shipping losses and saved lives?

Convoys

What was the result of alliances between European countries against one another?

Countries began to engage militarism

When and why did the Germans announced they would sink any ship found near Britain's coast?

Credibility British propaganda and changed US attitude about war

Three main Allied powers

France Russia England

World war one marked the first time what two things were used in combat?

-Aircraft -tanks

What are two ways in which the sinking of the Lusitania revealed changes to modern warfare?

-Made no targets off limits -warfare was more vicious

What was Lenin's first act when he took power in Russia? What does this allow Germany to do?

-Make peace -mobilize

What factors contributed to World War I?

-Militarism -alliances -imperialism -nationalism (MAIN)

For main causes of World War I?

-Militarism -nationalism -alliances -imperialism (MAIN)

How did World War I change the world?

-New alliances -new weapons -new laws

To break through enemy lines, what did the Germans used? What did the British use?

-poison gas -armoured tanks

What did Sergeant Alvin York accomplish?

128 German surrenders

Wilsons peace plan =

14 points

Under American involvement, what were the four big battles?

> château-Thierry > Belleau wood > ST. Mihiel > Argonne Forest

Schenck vs. US was what?

A Supreme Court case

Propaganda =

Advertising

Everyone wanted more allies/they fought for more

Alliances

How did the arrival of American troops in Europe change the attitude of those fighting the war?

Allied forces were enthusiastic and German forces demoralized

Why did England seek to forge alliances with France and Russia?

Because Germany was creating a naval fleet that threatened the British Navy

Why did Trench warfare result in such horrific casualties?

Because artillery and machine guns had made capturing an enemies position nearly impossible

Why did people ignore the warning that ran in newspapers in the days leading up to the Lusitania voyage?

Didn't realize that the boats were caring goods for Britain

What were the AEF also known as?

Doughboys

What were the two laws that limited citizens liberties?

Espionage act and sedition act

Who was sentenced to 10 years in jail for making a speech against the war?

Eugene V. Debs

Why did Henry Ford and others want to recruit burgers from the south?

Factories were desperate for workers because the men had gone to the war and they looked for African-Americans

Germany's plan to defeat France quickly and turn to fight Russia

Schlieffen plan

Was created by Congress to register Men for the draft

Selective service

How did the unification of the German states and the emergence of the German Empire lead to tensions in Europe?

Several countries feared that Germany would invade them and begin to create alliances

Austria hungry is annexation of Bosnia in 1908 had what effect on the empires relations with the Slavic people?

Slavs Felt that Austria Hungary had no intention of giving them independence

The "patriotic organization" are actually what?

Spies

Germany promises to end unrestricted sub warfare

Sussex pledge

What event allowed Germany to sign a treaty with Russia, ending their campaign in the east?

The Russian revolution and establishment of a communist state

Why did the United States not join the league?

The Senate refused to ratify the treaty of versailles

The movement of massive numbers of African Americans to the north to take factory jobs

The great migration

What led to overcrowding in the cities?

The great migration

What was the final German act that caused the United States to declare war on Germany?

The sinking of six American ships by German subMarines

What was the Zimmermann telegram?

The tell Graham to Mexico from Germany promising to give Mexico land lost to the US if they joined the war

Why did the population of southern African Americans become more urbanized during the great migration period?

They migrated and promise for a better life, higher wages, and steady work

Who were the allies and who were the Central Powers?

Those fighting for the triple entente were the allies. What remains of the triple alliance (Germany, Austria Hungary) joined with ottoman empire and Bulgaria to form Central Powers

what was the primary purpose of the war industries Board?

To coordinate the production of war materials

What events caused the United States to declare war?

U-boat torpedoed a French passenger ship. Wilson gave one last warning before declaring war

Early in 1915, Germany established a "war zone" around Great Britain

Unrestricted submarine warfare

Gardens in which citizens grow their own vegetables

Victory gardens

What was the most important new agency created by Congress?

War industries Board

What were some of the long-term effects of the migration of African-Americans from Rural southern areas to northern urban areas?

When moving from the south to the north they probably lived with Racial conduct

Plan/Vision to end this war and all wars

Wilson's 14 points

When many white men in the military who did industries go to?

Women and African-Americans

Fighting over Best land

imperialism

World War I ended when the German government signed a what on November 11, 1918?

Armistice

In 1914 warfare had changed with the use of powerful what?

Artillery guns

What event in 1914 triggered the beginning of World War I?

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria hungry


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