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Trench Warfare
Millions of men faced each other in war in a line of trenches extending from the Belgian coast through northeastern France to Switzerland. The U.S. later declared war on German ally Austria, Hungary on December 7, 1917 -
Sinking of Lusitania
On May 7, 1915, less than a year after World War I (1914-18) erupted across Europe, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania. More than 1,900 passengers and crew members on board, more than 1,100 died, including more than 120 Americans. Nearly two years would pass before the United States formally entered World War I, but the sinking of the Lusitania played a significant role in turning public opinion against Germany, both in the United States and abroad. -
Zimmerman Note
It was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German foreign office that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the prior event of the U.S. entering the war against Germany. -
Espionage and Sedition Act
It targeted those who interfered with the draft, but also those who are guilty of sedition. Schenck v. United States, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on March 3, 1919, that the freedom of speech protection afforded in the U.S. Constitution's 1st Amendment could be restricted. He responded that the Espionage Act violated the 1st Amendment of the Constitution, which forbids Congress from making any law shorten the freedom of speech. He was found guilty on all charges. -
Spanish Flu
The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the Great War, known today as World War I, at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people. It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history. Historians have suggested that the Spanish influenza mutated and became most deadly in spring 1918, spreading from Europe to ports as far apart as Boston and Freetown, Sierra Leone. -
Fourteen Points
President Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points were established on January 8, 1918, speech on War Aims and Peace Terms, President Wilson set down 14 points as a blueprint for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after World War I in order to end the war.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. -
Treaty of Versailles
World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. It was the most important of the peace treaties.The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.It required Germany to pay $33 billion in reparations to cover civilian damage caused during the war. -
Women
The 19th amendment granted American 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.
