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Allies
The Triple Entente, later known as the Allies, consisted had france, Britain, and Russia. -
Central Powers
Germany and Austria-Hungary, together with the Ottoman Empire created this alliance to fight the allies -
1914 Assination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip shot the Archduke and his wife Sophie. Princip was a member of the Black Hand, an organization promoting Serbian nationalism. -
Schieffen Plan
This plan called for a holding action against Russia, combined with a quick drive through Belgium to Paris -
Skinking of the british liner Lusitania
Off the southern coast of Ireland 1,198 persons lost, of those 128 were Americans. The Germans defended their action on
saying that the liner carried ammunition. -
Sinking of british liner Arabic
Germans sank another boat killing 2 americans -
Sinking of French liner Sussex
Germans promised to stop sinking ships but they broke that promis when they sunk the sussex 80 were killed or injured including americans -
Battle of the Somme
the British suffered 60,000 casualties the first day alone. Final casualties totaled about 1.2 million. So many tradgities were caused by trench warfare -
Convoy System
This is where a heavy guard of destroyers escorted merchant ships back and forth across the Atlantic in groups. -
Zimmerman note
telegram from the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico that was intercepted by British agents. The telegram proposed an alliance between
Mexico and Germany and promised that if war with the United States broke out, Germany would support Mexico in recovering “lost territory in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.” -
War industires board
Established in 1917 recognized in 1918 by Bernard M. made companies use mass production with little variety to increase efficency -
Food Administration
Hoover called on people to follow the “gospel of the clean plate.” He declared one day a week “meatless,” another “sweetless,” two days “wheatless,” and two other days “porkless.” -
Committee on Public Info
To make the war more popular the US created its first propoganda using the CPI -
Selective Service Act
The act required men to register with the government
in order to be randomly selected for military service. -
Second Battle of the marne
Allies win the Battle turning the ties -
National War Labor Board
President Wilson established the National War Labor Board. Workers who refused to obey board decisions could lose their draft exemptions. “Work or fight,” the board told them. However, the board also worked to improve factory conditions. -
Espionage and Sedition Acts
a person could be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced to 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort. -
Austiria- Hungary surrenders to the Allies
AustriaHungary surrendered to the Allies and Germans began to muitny against authority -
Establish of the German Republic
socialist leaders in the capital, Berlin, established a German republic. The kaiser gave up the throne. -
Cease-fire and armistice
So at the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day, in the eleventh month of 1918, Germany agreed to a cease-fire
