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Woodrow Wilson
woodrow wilson was elected the 28th president of the U.S. as a democrat -
assassination of Archducke Franze
Archduke was killed because he believed the territories should be part of Serbia. -
Europes powder keg
the europian powder keg exploded, acting as one of the causes starting ww1 -
Causes of WW1
conflicts and hostility of the four decades leading up to the war. Militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. -
militarism
the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests. -
Chemical Warfare
Chemical weapons in World War I were primarily used to demoralize, injure and kill entrenched defenders, against whom the indiscriminate and generally slow-moving or static nature of gas clouds would be most effective. the names of some weapons were tear gas, and mustard gas -
Propoganda
this was used to motivate people after the vigor for war fizzled. Purpose was to influence publice opinon. -
Trench Warfare Begins
a form of fighting in which enemies engage eachother in the battlefield in trenches that they have dug. this lasted untill 1918 -
Battle of Marne
Battle in which the allies won and effectively stopped the central powers from invading and taking france -
treaty of london
an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat, with heavy loss of life. -
mexico was promised us land
mexico was promised us land if they entered war on the side of germany -
kaiser wilhelm ii
leader of germany who dismissed bismarck, took complete controll of the country, challenged britains navy, but oddly enough tried to convince russia and austria-hungary not to go to war -
Zimmerman Telogram
letter from german foreign minister to mexico urging them to join forces with the Central Powers in return for land acquired by the US -
submarine warfare
The use of submarines to sink any ship without warning that is in an enemy's water. this mainly lead to the us entering the war -
wilsons plan for postwar peace
This speech was intended to make a plan for peace in Europe after World War I. -
rationing
the limiting of goods people can buy, often imposed by the government during wartime, when goods are in short supply -
treaty of brest-litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a separate peace treaty that the Soviet government was forced to sign. between Russia (the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic) and the Central Powers marking Russia's exit from World War I. Signing of the treaty defaulted Russia's commitments on the Triple Entente alliance. -
russia leaves ww1
russia had 1 - 2 million combat deaths, 2 - 3 million wounded, and up to 4,000,000 of their soldiers were prisoners of war -
the armistice
the armistice is what ended ww1 -
versailles treaty
The Versailles Treaty was the peace settlement between Germany and the Allied Powers that officially ended World War I.However, the conditions in the treaty were so punitive upon Germany that many believe the Versailles Treaty laid the groundwork for the eventual rise of Nazis in Germany and the eruption of World War II. -
proposal of the league of nations
an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War.
