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Trench Warfare
Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of trenches, in which troops are significantly protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery. The U.S entered because of Germany's usage of trench warfare. -
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Sinking of Lusitania
British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. -
Zimmerman Note
The Zimmerman Telegram was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the prior event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. -
Espionage and Sedition Act
The Espionage Act was reinforced by the Sedition Act , which imposed similarly harsh penalties on anyone found guilty of making false statements that interfered with the prosecution of the war; insulting or abusing the U.S. government, the flag, the Constitution or the military; agitating against the production of necessary war materials; or advocating, teaching or defending any of these acts. It violates the first amendment because it is going directly against freedom of speech. -
Spanish Flu
Normal flu symptoms of fever, nausea, aches and diarrhea. Many developed severe pneumonia attack. Dark spots would appear on the cheeks and patients would turn blue, suffocating from a lack of oxygen as lungs filled with a frothy, bloody substance. It killed 1/4 of the population. -
Fourteen Points
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 principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918 speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson. -
Treaty of Versailles
On June 28, 1919, Germany and the Allied Nations ,including Britain, France, Italy and Russia, signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the war. Germany had to give up territory due to the treaty. -
Women/19th Amendment
The 19th amendment is a very important amendment to the constitution as it gave women the right to vote in 1920.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.
