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Trench Warfare
Trench warfare was the main type of fighting used during World War 1. The soldiers of the triple Alliance and the triple Entente began to dig long, deep holes in the ground called trenches, where soldiers fought to guard them selfs from enemy fire. No mans land is the disputed ground between the frount lines or trenches of two opposing armies. -
Sinking of Lusitania
Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irland, the British Royal Navy blackaded Germany, this contributed to the US entering in the war because when Germany torpedoes a British passenger ship believed to be smuggling arms, this caused American deaths and increased pressure on President Wilson to enter World War 1. -
Zimmermann Note
The Zimmermann telegram was an internal diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States entering World War 1 against Germany. -
Espionage and Sedition Act
The Espionage and Sedition Act was an act of the United States Congress that extended to cover a broader range of offenses . The sedition Act of 1918 stated that people or countries cannot say negative things about the government or the war, this violated the first amendment by taking away people freedom of Speech. Scihenck v. United States is a United States Supreme Court case concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during the War, the case ended in 1919. -
Spanish Flu
The flu pandemic was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus. It infected 500 million people across the world, this resulted in the deaths of 50 to 100 million people three to five percent of the worlds population making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history. -
Fourteen Points
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War 1. The principles were outlined in a Jauary 8, 1918 speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congess by President Woodrow Wilson. The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization founded on January 10, 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. -
Treaty of Verailles
The Treaty of Verailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War 1. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied powers. It was signed on June 28, 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Germany had to pay to repair all the damages of the war. To the victors, it seemed fair. Germany had accepted the blame for the war. -
Woman
The 20th Amendentment moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and Vice President from March 4th to January 2oth, and the members of Congress from Mach 4 to January 3rd. During world War 1 woman 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 munition factories.
