History Flashcards
Ww1
Who is a part of the triple entente
Great Britain France Russia
What were the 4 countries trying to accomplish
Punish Germany and not let Germany have power
Why did they disagree with 14 point plan
France wanted to prevent future invasions, British wanted to make Germany pay, Italy wanted control of Austrian held territory
What’s happening in the US homefront
Economic shifts, war bonds and taxes, labor force changes, rationing and conservation, propaganda and censorship, social changes
What started the war
Assasinaton of archduke ferdinand
What brought US to war
Zimmerman telegram that was intercepted
What agreements Hague conference was trying to accomplish
Peaceful resolution
Why trench warfare became a necessity
Trenches were a good way to protect soldiers from enemies
What trench life was like
Long periods of boredom mixed with brief periods of terror.
What types of acts congress wanted to pass
Espionage act- made it illegal to aid the enemy
Sedition act- made it illegal to be unpatriotic
What technology was new to war
Tanks airplanes zeppelins submarines battleships chemical weapons
New countries that were created
Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Finland, Estonia,Latvia, Lithuania
Ways Germany was punished
Lost all their colonies had to admit guilt for war, had to disarm, had to pay 56 billion in war debt
Woodrow Wilson
President of US
John j pershing
Commander in chief of the American expeditionary force
