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Trench warfare
Trench warfare, warfare in which opposing armed forces attack, counterattack, and defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground. -
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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. Resulting American deaths increases pressure on President Wilson to enter World War I. -
Zimmerman Note
The Zimmermann Note, or telegram, was sent by German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann. He had sent it to his ambassador in Mexico and the goal was to get Mexico to become an ally of Germany. Proposing a Mexican-German alliance in the case of war between the United States and Germany -
Spanish Flu
The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than World War I (WWI), at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people.The flu is a respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and lungs. -
Fourteen points
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace in order to end World War I. The League of Nations was an international organization, in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a resolution of international disputes. -
Espionage and Sedition Act
The Sedition Act of 1918, which prohibited abusive language about the form of government of the United States .The Espionage and Sedition Acts targeted socialists and labor leaders. Parts of the Acts violated the 1st Amendment because it made it illegal to give 'bad press' to a public official. Schenck v. United States, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the freedom of speech protection afforded by the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment could be restricted. -
Treaty of Versilles
The Treaty of Versailles was the most important peace treaty that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers. The reparations were that Germany had to pay to repair all the damage of the war. -
Women
The 19th amendment was guaranteeing women the right to vote.The amendment was the culmination of more than 70 years of struggle by woman suffragists. Large numbers of women were recruited into jobs vacated by men who had gone to fight in the war.
