--- Module 7 Flashcards
What were some of the ways in which “The Great War” was significant?
How and why did WWI begin?
June 28, 1914 Arch duke franz ferdinand was assasnated
Describe American neutrality during the early years of the war?
After the outbreak of war in Europe
in 1914, President Wilson declared American neutrality. He insisted from
the start that the United States be neutral
Describe the early years of the war in Europe.
Describe the 1916 Presidential election.
Woodrow Wilson was reelected president in 1916, narrowly defeating Republican challenger Charles Evans Hughes
How did “neutrality” end for the United States?
It ended with us entering the war because
What was the Zimmerman Note and what role did it play in America’s entry into the war?
Zimmermann Telegram helped usher the United States
into the war. Germany’s resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917 became the primary motivation behind Wilson’s decision to lead the United States into World War I.
Why did the US enter the war? What was Wilson’s intention?
The us enterd war bc the zimmerman telegram, and unrestricted submarine warfare when germany attacked the lustinia.
How did the entry of the US change the outcome of the war. Explain.
It made the defeat of germany possible
What happened on the American Homefront during the war?
Wilson signed the Espionage Act
in 1917 and the Sedition Act in 1918
Who was Robert Prager and what happened to him? Explain.
German immigrant that was lynched
What was the impact and significance of the WWI Espionage and Sedition Act?
stripped dissenters and protesters
of their rights to publicly resist the war
What was the role of women during the war?
women filled manufacturing and agricultural positions on the home front.
What were Wilson’s 14 Points, and in what ways were they significant?
dealt with
territorial issues but offered principles on which a long-term peace could
be built.
What was the Treaty of Versailles and how was it significant? Why did the US fail to ratify it?
Officialy ended war. failed bc Woodrow Wilson had failed to take senators’ objections to the agreement into consideration.
