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Trench warfare
Warfare in which opposing sides were fighting from trenches, or long narrow ditches, big enough for humans to fit into. This led to the US entering ww1 because nobody was gaining land so the united states came to help and made the war bigger. -
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world war 1
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sinking of Lusitania
The united states broke diplomatic relations with Germany and just hours after that, Germany sunk one of the united states ships. This contributed to the US entering the war because it killed over 100 americans. -
Zimmerman note
This was a coded message from Arthur Zimmerman, a German, to his ambassador in Mexico that included a detailed message on an alliance against America. This was decoded and published to the public which made it that much easier for the US to enter WW1. -
Espionage and sedition act
Targeted anyone who made false accusations against a government official. this violated the first amendment because it denied freedom of speech; didn't let people bad mouth government officials. the schenck vs.US court case eliminated immigrants coming to the US. -
Spanish flu
This was a category 5 influenza pandemic caused by an unusually severe and deadly Influenza A virus strain of subtype H1N1, and killed over 500,000 in the US alone and over 50 million people worldwide. -
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 league of nations was to ensure that a world war never broke out again. The league of nations provided a way to resolve international disputes. -
Women
Women in world war 1 did not have the right to vote or even hold a power in any type of office. Men believed that if women held any type of power, they would become monsters. The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote and then it was only a matter of time before they began participating in politics- mayors, governors, or members of congress. Women also began working in the war, doing the jobs men could not, such as nurses and cooks. -
Treaty of Versailles
The 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. germany lost territory.
