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Devotion and loyalty to one’s own country; patriotism.
Nationalism
Immediate cause of War?
Gravillo Princep’s assassination of Austria-Hungary’s archduke,
the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies
Imperialism
a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes
Alliance System
America’s approach in the beginning of the war?
Isolation
Selective Service Act?
- Military draft law
* Raised fight forces
What increased for women during the war?
Job Opportunities
Germany had to…
Pay all war debt
First 5 points in Wilson’s 14 points
- A proposal to abolish secret treaties (pleased liberals)
- Freedom of the seas (appealed to Germany & US, distrusted British sea power)
- Removal of economic barriers among nations (goal of liberals)
- Reduction of arms (pleased taxpayers)
- Adjustment of colonial claims (interest natives and colonizers, reassuring to anti-imperialists
Country that split in two?
Austria-Hungary
Main cause US entered War?
Zimmerman Note
Why did the US gov participate in “-less” days?
To raise money for allied nations
Main purpose of League of Nations?
Prevent War
League of Nations =
Collective security
US declared war in…
1917
May 7, 1915 & Why?
- Germany sank Lusitania
- claimed to have war materials
Big Four?
US, Italy, France, & Great Britain
Why the British blockade?
Block trade with Germany
Germany’s retaliation to British blockade?
Submarine war area around British isles
How did the US raise money?
With War Bonds
What was part of the treaty of Versailles?
League of Nations
True or False: The major weakness of the Treaty of Versailles was that it ignored self determination
True
How is it possible that the assassination of archduke could start a war?
Because of the alliance system
Germany signed agreement to end the war in
November 11, 1919
“The world must be made safe for democracy” Who said this and for what?
- Wilson
- said it when he was asking congress for declaration of war
Wilson’s goal at the peace conference
Establish League of Nations
True Or False: Chemical weapons gave the US an advantage
False
Espionage and Sedition Act
Any criticism of the government could be censored and punished
Who was arrested under espionage and sedition act?
- Eugene v. Debs
- IWW leader William D. Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World…
- engineered some of the most damaging industrial sabotage because they used to be victims of horrible working conditions
- when they protested, they were beaten, arrested or run out of town
