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WWI
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Trench Warfare
it describes the ground between two opposing trenches contained a considerable amount of barbed wire. Located in France, it was to protect the soldiers from the enemies small arms fire and substain sheltered -
Sinking of Lusitania
This ship was sunk by a torpedo by the german u-boat. On the boat their were 128 american on the boat that were killed and this had enraged the U.S. -
Zimmerman note
Arthur Zimmerman had sent a telegram to the German ambassador to mexico proposing a Mexican German alliance in case of war between the u.s and Germany. Germany had promised Mexico that they would give back New Mexico, Texas, Arizona and many U.S citizens had believed that they telegram was fake. -
Espionage and sedition act
it was targeted by socialists and labor leaders. People were unable to speak freely. Schenck was found guilty for mailing circulars to draftees.it had suggested that the draft was a monstrous wrong motivated by the capitalist system -
fourteen points
A statement of principles for world peace that was used for peace negotiations in order to end world war 1. the league of nations was a intergovernmental organization found in January 10 of 1920 as a result of the pairs peace conference that ended the first world war -
Spanish Flu
The 1918 flu pandemic was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving HWI influenza virus. The number of deaths was 50 million -
Women
Gave women the right to vote. Large number of women recruited into jobs vacated by men who had gone to fight in the war. -
Treaty of Versailes
was one of the peace treaties at the end of world war 1. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied powers. It was signed on June 28 of 1919 exactly five years after the assassination of Arch duke Franz Ferdinand. Germany was required to pay massive reparations in the aftermath of world war 1. Which led to the countries devastating economic situation
