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sinking of Lusitania
How did it contribute to the US entering the war? -The U.S. allied Great Brittain -
Zimmerman Note
secret communication that issued it made an alliance between Mexico and Germany. it made the U.S. president Wilson upset him and later he declared war war on Germany. -
Spanish flu
influenza caused by an influenza virus of type A, in particular that of the pandemic that began in 1918. infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide. -
Fourteen points
a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. Summary and Definition: The Fourteen Points speech was a statement given to Congress on January 8, 1918 by President Woodrow Wilson declaring that WW1 was being fought for a moral cause and calling for peace in Europe. Congress, President Woodrow Wilson proposed a 14-point program for world peace. These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war. -
Espionage and Sedition Act
was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses Alien and Sedition Acts They were the Alien and Sedition Acts, enacted by John Adams. Among other things, parts of the Acts violated the 1st Amendment because it made it illegal to give 'bad press' to a public official. Schenck was charged with conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act by attempting to cause insubordination in the military and to obstruct recruitment. -
Trench Warfare
troops are significantly protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery. -
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. These treaties stripped the Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary, joined by Ottoman Turkey and Bulgaria) of substantial territories and imposed significant reparation payments. -
women
the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote a right known as woman suffrage. woman worked as nurses for the war.
