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How did nationalism help cause WWI?

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Different nations thought they were the best and they tried to assert their dominance and power over each other

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How did imperialism help cause WWI?

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European nations ruled smaller countries, so they all competed and fought with each other to get more

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How did the alliance system help cause WWI?

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Alliances that nations created would pull more countries into war

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How did militarism help cause WWI?

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Competition between countries- 1 nation increases their military, another counters by doing the same

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How did the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand help cause WWI?

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  • was heir to Austria-Hungarian throne

- Austria-Hungary was now against Serbia

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Who were the allies in WWI?

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Britain, France, Russia (Japan, Italy, Belgium)

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Who were the central powers in WWI?

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

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Trench Warfare (definition and weapons)

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  • Trenches dug into the ground that held soldiers and where they fought
  • Tanks, Airplanes
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Events (in order) leading to US involvement in WWI

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1) Britain preventing trade with Germany
2) German war zone around Britain
3) British Liner Lusitania sunk
4) Sussex torpedoed
5) Zimmerman Telegram
6) Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

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British Blockade

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  • North Sea
  • Caused famine in Germany
  • Caused American trade w/ central powers to cease
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German War Zone

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  • German response to British Blockade
  • U-boats would sink any British or Allied ship in the waters around Britain
  • Wilson protests
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British Liner Lusitania

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  • Sunk by German U-boat
  • 1,198 people died (128 Americans)
  • American public turns against Germany
  • President Wilson protests, Germany continues to sink ships
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Sussex torpedoed

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  • Unarmed French passenger steamer
  • 80 passengers, including Americans, are killed
  • US threatens to break off diplomatic relations
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Sussex Pledge

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Germany wouldn’t sink any passenger ships and would only sink merchant ships with warning

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Zimmerman Telegram

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Proposes alliance of Germany, Mexico against US

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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

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  • Germany asks US to get Britain to end food blockade
  • Kaiser announces U-boats will sink all ships in British waters
  • Four unarmed American merchant ships sunk
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Convoy Systems

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-Escorts merchant ships across the ocean

18
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Selective Service Act

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Required men to to register for military service

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American Expeditionary Force

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US forces, led by General John Pershing, who fought with the allies in Europe

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General John J. Pershing

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-Led the AEF

21
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Alvin York

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  • One of America’s greatest war heroes
  • Was a conscientious objector
  • Killed 25 Germans and captured 132 prisoners
22
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War Industries Board

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  • encouraged companies to use mass production techniques and to standardize products
  • set production quotas
  • allocated raw materials
  • increase industrial production by 20%
  • caused retail prices and corporate profits to soar
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Bernard Baruch

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Able to use the WIB to regulate the economy that allowed the US military to get the supplies it need

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War bonds/Liberty loans

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government issued savings bonds used to finance the war

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Propaganda

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biased communication designed to influence peoples thoughts and actions (Committee on Public Relations)

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Committee on Public Information (CPI)

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  • mobilized nations artists and advertising people to popularize the war
  • recruited 75,000 4-minute men to deliver pro-war speeches
  • increased support for the war
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George Creel

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  • Led the CPI

- emphasized positive news in the war (patriotic posters, pamphlets, and movies)

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Espionage and Sedition Act

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Esp: Crime to spy against, sabotage US, refuse military service or obstruct military recruitment
Sed: prohibited any communication intended to cause contempt to government

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Great Migration

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Large-scale movement of African Americans from the south to Northern cities in the early 20th century

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Schenck vs. US

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  • schenck sold anti-war pamphlets
  • arrested for violating the Espionage act
  • convicted in district court
31
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The Big Four

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Wilson. Clemenceau, Lloyd George, Orlando

-Worked out the treaties details for peace

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14 points

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  1. No secret treaties
  2. Freedom of the Seas maintained for all
  3. Tariffs/economic barriers lowered in order to foster free trade
  4. Arms reduced
  5. Colonial policies consider the interests of the colonial peoples as well as the interests of imperialist powers
    6-13. Boundary changes
  6. Called for league of nations
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League of Nations

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Association of nations established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace

34
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Treaty Versailles

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ended ww1, establishednew nations, borders and war reparations

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reparations

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compensation paid by a defeated nation for the damage or injury it inflicted during the war

36
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War guilt clause

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provision in the treaty of versailles by which Germany acknowledged that it alone was repsonsible for WW1

37
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Henry Cabot Lodge

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  • Suspicious of provision for joint action against aggression
  • Wanted the constitutional right to declare war included in the treaty
38
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provisions of the treaty of versailles

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  1. Land taken from Germany
  2. Army reduced
  3. Germany admits full responsibility
  4. Germany pays reparations
  5. League of Nations set up
39
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why did the senate reject the treaty of versailles?

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  1. thought it would draw the us into more wars in Europe
40
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effect of the treaty on Germany

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  1. Admits guilt for war
  2. demilitarize
  3. $33b in war reparations
  4. return of Alsace-Lorraine to France
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Weaknesses of the treaty of versailles

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  1. humiliated Germany
  2. stripped germ. of colonies to needed to pay reparations
  3. Germany couldn’t pay reparations
  4. Russia lost more territory that Germany
  5. Ignored claims of colonized people for self-determination

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