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Great Migration
African Americans moved north due to industrial opportunities -
Great Migration
More African Americans and other foreigners moved north and west due to more job opportunities. -
Powder Keg
A large peninsula in Southeastern Europe including Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, and Yugoslavia was called the "Powder Keg" and this was during The Balkan Wars -
Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Nationalist, Bosnian Serb shot Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife during a visit at Sarajevo. Austria Hun -
Lusitania
The British ship the germans sank. -
General Pershing & American Expeditionary Force
On this date Pershing and american forces were attacked by mexican troops -
"He kept us out of war"
This is what the people said about Wilson to elect him. -
Zimmermann telegraph
The germans sent this message to Mexico to attack the U.S -
Russian Revolution
The Tsarist autocracy led to the rise of the soviet union , the government overthrew Czar -
Selective Service Act
Wilson signed into law that required all men in the U.S between the ages of 21 and 30 to enter the military. -
Espionage Act
Nobody could interfere with the draft process or war effects -
War Industry Board
corrdinates the war time supplies and the productions. -
Czar Overthrown
Czar Nicholas ll was overthrown and Lenin and the Bolsheviks took over. -
Influenza
Had more deaths than the deaths in ww1 -
Fourteen Points
Created by Woodrow Wilson. They were used as the peace negotiations at the end of the war -
Big Four Meets
The keaders for Britain, France, United States and Italy meet Paris to discuss the peace treaty -
Red Scare
Racial groups in fear of communism spreading in the U.S after ww1 -
Schenck V U.S
Supreme court case enforcing the espionage act -
Treaty of Versailles
Agreement stating Germany having to pay war reparations to Great Britain and France, forced to admit guilt and giving many nations independence. -
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Xenophobia
Racism aganist immigrants