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Trench Warfare
Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of trenches. It made the U.S gain an advantage over enemies. -
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WW1
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Sinking of Lusitania
A German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route from New York to Liverpool, England. Of the more than 1,900 passengers and crew members on board, more than 1,100 perished, including more than 120 Americans. -
Zimmerman Note
An internal diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office early in 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. -
Fourteen Points
Blueprint for world peace after World War 1. League of Nations is an organization to keep peace. -
Spanish Flu
500 million people were affected. Fever, fatigue, muscle and joint pain, headache and lack of appetite are the symptoms. -
Espionage and Sedition Act
Espionage Act prohibited people from expressing or publishing opinions that would interfere with the US military’s efforts to defeat Germany and its allies. It denied freedom of speech which violated the 1st amendment. The Schenck vs. US court case concerned enforcement of the Espionage Act. -
Treaty of Versailles
One of the peace treaties that ended World War 1. Germany had to pay reparations. But those plans were cancelled in 1932. -
19th Amendment
the 19th amendment granted woman in America to vote. This allowed them to have a voice in the government.
