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Trench Warfare
The front lines of a battle. Dug in tunnel like places to give some protection from powerful enemy artillery. It was also the most dangerous because you were the first in front of the enemy. A: It introduced a new way of fighting the the United States -
Sinking of Lusitania
The British ship Lusitania was sunk by German submarines A: The U.S. are allies with Great Britian -
Zimmerman Note
secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office. It made an alliance between Mexico and Germany. A: It made president Wilson upset him and later he declared war on Germany. -
Fourteen Points
Woodrow Wilson's 14 points for world peace that were later used to for peace negotiations in order to end World War I League of Nations was created after the first war to forum for resolving international disputes. -
Espionage and Sedition Act
This act targeted anyone who was abusing or insulting the U.S. Government, the Military, or the flag but it was mainly aimed at socialists, pacifists and other anti-war activists. This was because the Government were trying to cover up and negative aspects to themselves to make look better. This act violated the 1st Amendment, the freedom of speech. Schenck v. US court was a conviction of a man for handing out flyers to draftees of WWI. He was found guilty for violating the Sedition Act. -
Spanish Flu
A virus that came from China as a strain of avian influenza. It was a airborne disease that could be transmitted by inhaling infected air. This disease killed a estimated 20 to 50 million people worldwide . -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was a treaty that ended WWI and created peace between the U.S. and Germany. Germany had to return Alsace-Lorraine to France, Poland was given a 'corridor' to the Baltic Sea, and Danzig became a free city -
Women
19th Amendment gave women the right to vote Women worked in factories building guns and sorting ammunition or making shells, also known as a Striking Woman
