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Trench Warfare
Trench Warfare was a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of trenches, in which troops are significantly protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery. American joined in to help Great Britain for extra support -
Sinking of Lusitania
A German U-Boat torpedoed a ship they believed was carrying military supplies, but killed 1,198 of the 1,959 passengers that were on the ship. The U.S. was outraged since 128 American civilians died in the attack. -
Zimmerman Note
Germany sent a message to Mexico saying that if they attacked America, they would give them the land America took from them. British intelligence got ahold of the message and gave it to the U.S. which finally made them join the war. -
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Soon after the US entered World War I, the Espionage Act prohibited people from expressing or publishing opinions that would interfere with the US military’s efforts to defeat Germany and its allies. 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. These laws caused controversy since they tampered with the 1st Amendment. In 1919, Schenck V. U.S, court case happened. -
Spanish Flu Epidemic
In 1918-1920, an unusually deadly influenza pandemic. It infected 500 million people around the world and killed 50 to 100 million people world wide.Most influenza outbreaks disproportionately kill juvenile, elderly, or already weakened patients; in contrast, the 1918 pandemic predominantly killed previously healthy young adults. -
Fourteen Points
Fourteen Points was a blueprint for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after World War I. The speech on war aims and peace terms was said by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. -
Treaty of the Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It also made Germany go into a economic depression since they had to pay off all the war debt since they lost the war. -
19th Amendment
This amendment, ratified in 1920, gave women the right to vote. Women also had an effect during the war. During the war, women joined the work force and helped make ammunition and supplies for the men fighting
