Unit 2 Flashcards
Columbian Exchange Begins
1492
American Revolution
1771-1781
Trail of Tears
1838
Civil War
1861-1865
Reconstruction
1867-1877
Plessy v. Ferguson
1896
ww1
1914-1918
The Nineteenth Amendment Ratified
1920
Spanish-American War
1898
Great Depression Begins
1929
Why does Europe go to war in 1914? x3
- The assassination of Franz Ferdinand because he was an important figure.
- Britain is allied with belgium so they fight Germany
- German militarism they wanted to show off how stronge they are
Why does US enter WW1 in 1917? x3
- The Zimmerman telegram - Germany directly threatened the US
- President Wilson wanted the world to be safe for
democracy - Germany was sinking British boats and sometimes American boats would be caught and it was hurting our economy too
Arch Duke
Someone who is part of the royal family
Gorilla
This picture is propaganda because its showing why you should join the war.
And shows all the countries as a beast.
The gorilla is attacking Lady liberty which is a threat to our democracy
Flawed of Peace
Trying to get everyone to sign the everlasting peace.
All the other countries are still holding onto their guns. It represents the treaty of versailles.
U.S is bigger than all the other countries because they have more power.
Woodrow woodson is making the countries sign the treaty but the U.S denied signing it
Why did the US start start to look overseas for territory in the late 1800s
economic, Because they wanted more money. Navy More power of the Navy.
Nationalism, Feel pride for ourselves showing how big and stronge the U.S is.
Social Darwinism, the idea of white people having to make it better for other races
Spanish American war basics
Yellow journalism, A lot of the U.S newspapers posted information about cuba
USS Maine, a U.S ship that got attacked by spain
What did we get after the war, we got the philippines
Militarism and Alliances
Prussia Unites Germany in 1871
Alsace Lorraine, a territory that was given to France from Germany
Triple Alliance and Triple Entente, 2 sides of the war
War Begins
The assassination of Arch Duke
Important Term
Militarism
Nationalism
Imperialism
Assassination of the archduke by Gravil Princip
Assassination of Austrian hungry royal
Schlieffen plan - why didn’t it work
Germany’s plan to attack France then Russia
The rape of Belgium
When Germany attacked Belgium and treated them very bad
Allies vs Central powers
Allie Powers: France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, U.S
Central Powers: Germany, Austria, Hungaria, Bulgaria, and the Attomen empire
Triple Entente vs the triple alliance
Triple Entente: Russia,France, and Great Britain
Triple Alliance: Germany, Italy, and Austria Hungaria
Battle of the Marne
A battle in France that started trench warfair
It slowed the Germans down
Battle of Verdun
It was a mural boost for French because they won
It had high casualties and poor conditions
America Declares War
Business interest: wanted trade with Europe and for Germans to stop sinking U.S boats
Sussex pledge: Germans would only sink ships that had weapons
Civil liberties and Espianage and sedition acts
Espionage: act forbid people from saying bad things about the war
Sedition act: is the same thing but you can’t write anything bad about the war
vpk camera
Pictures of the war
general pershing
hero of the war and american commander
convoys
boats that brought americans
American Heroes
Alvin York
Eddie Rickenbacker
Harlem Hellfighters
