The End Of WWI Flashcards
Battle of Verdun
1916 longest WWI battle
Argonne Forest, France
War bond
Government taking money for war and repaying when it is over
Food administration
Led by Herbert Hoover
Encouraged farmers to make more and public to eat less
Voluntary rationing
War industries board
Convert factories to the production of war related materials
Espionage act
Very high penalties
No spying
Sabotage and Sedition Acts
Made it a crime to say, print, or write about anything bad or perceived as bad about the govt.
Persecution of Germans
Anti-German Sentiment
No Germans in schools or German books in libraries
No German orchestra music
Women
Over 30k women serve non-combat roles
Took mens jobs
Could be voluntary nurses but denied rank or pay
Still can’t vote
African Americans
America still racist
Great migration
Not allowed into marines, menial jobs in navy— combat positions segregated in army
350k served by wars end (more in other countries since none were as racist as America)
Great Migration
500,000 African Americans travel from Southern to Northern Cities in hopes of jobs
Harlem Hellfighters
369th infantry, first all-black U.S. Combat unit to be shipped overseas during WWI
191 days of fighting, not a single POW, no land loss
French gives them Medal of Honor, United States ignores
Sergeant Henry Johnson
Provisions of the treaty of Versailles 1919
Establish 9 new nations like Poland, Czech, Finland, and Yugoslavia
Shifted country borders
Ottoman Empire divided into 5 and temporarily given to France + Britain
League of Nations (Wilson’s 14th Point)
- creation of an international organization to protect world peace
- discuss a forum of nations to settle their grievances without resorting to war
- based in genieva, Switzerland- neutral country already containing Red Cross so perfect
Treaty of Versailles: what Germany must do
Accept full responsibility for war guilt clause
Pay reparations to Allie’s (millions)
Disarm- limit its size of navy and army
Give up overseas colonies
Give up territory in Europe- League of Nations attacked
Accept the ne map of Europe
Wilson suffers stroke
- has a stroke on national speaking tour
- Henry Cabot lodge republican takes over
- rejects League of Nations and treaty of Versailles
- America signs a separate treaty with each central power