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Trench Warfare
Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using your fighting lines consisting mostly of trenches, in which troops are almost completely protected from the enemy's fire -
The Sinking of the Lusitania
It sank in may 7th 1915
A German U-boat sank it.
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Zimmerman Note
The Zimmerman Note was an internal diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign office.
It proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico if the U.S sided against Germany -
Fourteen Points
In January 8, 1918 The Fourteen Points was established.
It ensured a stop to the war and Germany pay for the cost of it.
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Espionage and Sedation Act
The Espionage and Sedation act targeted the U.S because it made it illegal to make the U.S look bad in the war
It violated the fist amendment by going against its free speech policy.
The Schenck v. U.S court case was a court meeting on the Espionage and Sedation act -
Treaty of Versailles
It was the 2nd and final version of peace. and it was all signed in June 1919.
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19th Amendment
Women got the right to vote because of their contribution to the world war.
They contributed by working the farms and factories to keep the men supplied and well in the war. -
Spanish Flu
The flu was an unexpectedly deadly virus that spread like wild fire when it first started.
It killed an estimated fifty million victims world wide
It started in January 1918 and a cure was found in December 1920.
