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Trench Warfare
Both sides made trenches and dugout systems opposing each other along a front, protecting them from assaults. Germany went against their word to stop submarine warfare in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and They tried to get mexico to join their alliance against the United States.(1914-1918) -
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Sinking of Lusitania
On the afternoon of May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. It contributed to the U.S entering the war because 128 Americans drowned on the Lusitania. -
Zimmerman Note
British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German foreign minister Arthur Zimmerman to the German minster to Mexico, Von Eckhardt, offering the U.S Territory in return for rejoining the German cause.It Had a big impact on american opinion. -
Fourteen Pionts
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 an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes. -
Espionage and Sedition Act
The Sedition Act of 1918, was the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses. It targeted who ever spoke against the U.S during the War. It took away the right for people to speak . Schenck v. U.S court case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the freedom of speech protection afforded in the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “clear and present danger.” -
Spanish Flu
The 1918 flu pandemic (January 1918 – December 1920) was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza. Estimated 20 million to 50 million victims. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. The treaty required Germany to accept the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing damage and loss. The treaty forced Germany to disarm, make substantial territorial concessions, and pay reparations to certain countries that had formed the Entente powers. In the end the cost assessed at 132 billion. -
Women
The 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote. during world war 1, large numbers of women 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 munitions factories.
