WW1 and Surrounding Events

By kdex

  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferinhand of Austria

    The first event to ignite the powder keg and kick off the war

  • Powder Keg

    Describes the balkan islands and the alliances made by Europe which created the tension that caused WW1

  • Militarism, Imperialism, Nationalism, Alliance System Led to War

    These US policies led to the US entrance into WW1

  • The Sinking of the Lusitania

    The event that set the US onto the war path

  • "He kept us out of war"

  • Zimmerman Telegram

    Secret message to Mexico to join the opposing side in exchange for economic help

  • Overthrow of Russian Czar

    Russia then had a brief republic until the Bolshevik revolution

  • Xenophobia

    Caused by the distrust of the Germans

  • Selective Service Act

    Designed to draft certain citizens into the military.

  • Espionage Act

    passed to combat anti-war sentiment in the states

  • American Expeditionary Force

    Troops went to France to start their campaign to end the war

  • War Industry Board

    created to stop the monopolies that were taking over profits during wartime

  • Russian (Bolshevik) Revolution

    Put the Bolsheviks into power
  • Period: to

    Influenza Pandemic

  • 14 Points

    Created by President Wilson as his recommendation of what to do after the war

  • Sedition Act

    Expanded the Espionage Act to cover more offenses

  • Great Migration

    Describes the African American diaspora out of the south to the north of the US

  • Big Four Meet

    The biggest powers all met in Paris to discuss the treaty

  • Schenk v. U.S.

  • Red Scare

    caused by the impending german bomb threat in California

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Germany gave up the most land with France and Italy taking most