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WW1
First war in which several countries were involved that lasted from 1914-1918. -
Trench warfare
B) No man's land
D)The most famous use of trench warfare is the Western Front in World War I -
Sinking of Lusitania
C)British vessel was sunk by German a German submarine.
D)it gave the us another reason to go into as the war -
Zimmerman Note
The Zimmerman Telegram was a telegram sent by the Germans to Mexico on January 11th 1917 about forming an alliance to attack the U.S.. The Telegram was intercepted by the U.S., and was a reason for the U.S. to join the war.
D) it was just another reason for the us to agian enter the war. -
Spanish flu
This was the most devastating pandemic in recorded history, killing somewhere between 30-40 million people in 1918.
D) estimated 500 million people worldwide–about one-third of the planet's population at the time–and killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million victims. -
fourteen points
he Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
D)The League of Nations was an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes. -
espionage and sedition act
Enacted soon after the United States entered World War I in 1917, the Espionage Act prohibited individuals from expressing or publishing opinions that would interfere with the U.S. military’s efforts to defeat Germany and its allies. A year later, the U.S. Congress amended the law with the Sedition Act of 1918, which made it illegal to write or speak anything critical of American involvement in the war. It was ratified on May 6th, 1918. -
Treaty of Versailles
was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
D)Germany had to pay to repair all the damage of the war -
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote
C)large numbers of women were recruited into jobs vacated by men who had gone to fight in the war. New jobs were also created as part of the war effort, for example in munitions factories.EX,schoolteachers or nurses
