Lesson 5 Flashcards
What were the reasons that led America into WWI
- Sinking of the Lusitania
- Breaking of the Sussex Pledge
- Zimmerman Note
What were the ways the government intervened in the economy to help out the war effort?
New Agencies --> War Industries Board War Trade Board War Labor Policies Board Regulatory Food & Fuel --> Food administration, price control, rationing, daylight saving time
Name 5 new countries that formed after WWI
Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Austria
What were the 4 main causes of WWI
Militarism The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Nationalism Imperialism Alliances
What countries made up the central powers? Who were the allies in WWI?
Central Power: Germany and Austria-Hungary
Allies: Russia, France, Serbia, and Great Britan
Who was President during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
Who rejected the Treaty of Versailles?
The U.S. Senate
What was in the Treaty of Versailles that in the U.S. did not want to be apart of and it was one of Wilson’s 14 points?
The League of Nations
Who was assassinated in 1914 that started WWI
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Intended to sway public opinion
propaganda
Reward of war
spoils
made it illegal to obstruct anything against the U.S. government
Sedition Act
Group of unarmed ships surrounded by armed ships
convoy
Floating airships
Zeppelins
cease-fire
armistice
