History quiz 19 Flashcards
The Great War
In 1914-1918, It happened because Fereninand’s assassination, Militarism, Allances, Imperialism, and Nationalism (MAIN)
The Central Powers
Germany and Austria
Allies
France, Britain, and Russia
Mexican Muddle
The situation in Mexico during the war fighting for leadership
Porfirio Diaz
A dictator who ruled Mexico with an iron fist toward his opposition and a open palm toward foreign investors
General Victoriano Huerta
A military commander who murdered President Madero
Pancho Villa
Huetra’s challenger and Wilson began supplying weapons
John Pershing
Wilson sent to pursue Mexico to capture Pancho Villa
Kaiser Wilhelm II
King of germany who asked neutral Belgium for permission to pass through its country in the event of a war with France and eventually declared war on france
Lusitania
The British ship left New York with some Americans aboard and Germans sank the ship
“Sussex Pledge”
Resisted Germany’s promise to follow international law
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Tactic used by Germany to sink any ship without warning, including neutral vessels
The Zimmermann telegram
Message from Germany sent to Mexico offering help to that nation to reconquer Texas
America Entering war
Congress voted to declare war on Germany, so Wilson signed the declaration to declare war
Selective Service Act
Required all men ages 21-30 to register for the draft
Herbert Hoover
Leader of the Food Administration when there was a need for food supply for American forces
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Made it a criminal offense to criticize the war effort
Fourteen Points
Proposed freedom of the seas, an end to secret treaties, and reduction of every nations military
League of Nations
Urged the formation of “a general association of nations”
Argonne offensive
The largest american effort in the costliest military campaigns in history
Armistice
On November 11, 1918, the war was over
“Big Four”
President Wilson, French’s Premier Geroges Clmenceau, Italy’s Premier Vitorio Orlanfo, and Britain’s Prime Minister David Lloyd
Reparation Payments
The Allies made Germany pay for its actions
