WW1 Flashcards
1
Q
causes:
pro british feeling
A
- good for trade
- similar culture to the US
2
Q
causes:
submarine warfare
A
- 1917 germans gave 8 hrs before every sip in british water is sunk
- thought america would get involved and then britain surender (backfired)
3
Q
causes:
u - boat sinking
A
- 1917 1 million tons of allied shipping sunk by u boats
- allies also in trouble so they joined the war
4
Q
causes:
Zimmerman telegraph 1917
A
- told mexico to go to war with america and army would get back text and new mexico for them
- (us got message before mexico and mexico already in a civil war)
5
Q
causes:
anti-german feeling
A
- black toms munition factory blown up in 1916
- 20 million of damage and 2 million tons of ammo gone
- blame german saboteurs
6
Q
causes:
economic benefits
A
- war bring us out of depression and double export percentage
- 70% exports to europe
- submarine warfare mean they have to protect their exports
7
Q
impact:
food production increase
A
12.3 million to 18.6 million tons in 1915 and 1918
8
Q
impact:
money spent on war
A
33.5 billion (2 third raised by war bonds)
9
Q
impact:
soldiers killed
A
50,000
10
Q
impact:
social aspects
A
- full employment
- unite through patriotism
- spy suspicion (1500 prosecutions)
fear of socialism and communism - 1918 immigration act
- 1 million called upon to fight
- wanted isolationism
11
Q
impact:
impact oj black people
A
- 330,000 blacks migrate north
- 360,000 sign up for war
12
Q
impact:
foreign politics
A
- briton and france dependant on war supplies
- britain, france, germany, russian economies bad so US a leading power
13
Q
impact:
fears after the war
A
- communism
- temperance members
- whit anglo saxon protestants
- immigrants
- businessmen
- farmers