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This was one of the main triggers for WWI, which is a war that America took part in
key people: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Serbia, Austria-Hungary -
Great Britain, that has a close diplomatic relationship with the U.S. is now at war
key term: warfare
key people: Great Britain and Kaiser Wilhelm II -
Lusitania was a passenger ship and there was Americans on it.
key term: U-boat -
the 1916 election (American election)
key people: Wilson -
Germany tried to convince Mexico to join the Central Powers by promising to help regain American territory, which threatened American safety and economy
key people(?): Mexico, Germany, U.S., Great Britain -
The U.S. is now officially at war
key people: The Allies, Central Powers, Americans -
America has sent soldiers to Europe
key people: American soldiers
key term: deployment -
President Wilson passed the law made speech and the expression of opinion against the government or the war effort in a or interfered with the sale of government bonds illegal in hopes of calming the war. It is an extension of the Espionage Act of 1917.
key people: Wilson
key term: espionage -
an armistice was signed between the Germans and the Allies (America is a part of it), ending World War I.
key term: peace
key people: Allies, Germany -
The Versailles Peace Treaty was signed and America is now at peace with the Central Powers and American solders can finally reunite with their families. The war re-shaped America's politics, cultures, and society. One of the examples is the 19th amendment, granting women the right to vote, they were manufacturing and agricultural positions on the country while men were at war. (little did they know, there will be a part 2)
key term: peace, change