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The Sinking of the Lusitania
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred during the World War 1, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which had created a naval blockade of Germany. The american deaths contributed to the US entering the war. -
Zimmerman Telegram (Note)
The Zimmermann Telegram (or Zimmermann Note or Zimmerman Cable) was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico , offering US territory, in the prior event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. -
Trech Warfare
Trench warfare is a type of fighting where both sides build deep trenches as a defense against the enemy. These trenches can stretch for many miles and make it nearly impossible for one side to advance. During World War I, the western front in France was fought using trench warfare.
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Spainish Flu
The influenza or flu pandemic of 1918 to 1919, the deadliest in modern history, infected an 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
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson.
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 Acts
The Sedition Act of 1918 extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a range of offenses, "disloyal, profane or abusive language" about the Constitution, the government, the American uniform, or the flag.
The 1st amendment allows freedom of speech.
Schenck v. United States, case where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the freedom of speech protection afforded in the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “present danger.” -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Payments required Germany to pay 132 billion gold marks (US$33 billion) in reparations to cover civilian damage caused during the war. -
Women
19th Amendment constituted that women had the right to vote.
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.
