Causes of WWI
Who got assassinated to cause the war?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Why did people fight for 8 hour work days so hard?
Working more than 8 hours was causing people to die and be very exhausted and have no time for anything else.
What's the definition of imperialism?
One larger/more powerful nation influencing or controlling a smaller and less powerful nation.
What was yellow journalism?
Twisting words and not giving all the facts to make something seem as you want it to seem most commonly used to sway public opinion for political gain.
What was Wilson's idea of a good treaty that was fair for everyone?
Wilson's fourteen points
How did America joining the war effect the war?
Ended the war as the Germans became overwhelmed.
What did the creation of the elevator do to big cities in America that hadn't happened anywhere else in the world yet?
Caused big cities to mostly grow up instead of out like NYC.
What was the impact of American Imperialization on Hawaii?
Old ways of life were destroyed for American agricultural opportunities.
What was the ship that exploded in Havana harbor that started the war?
The USS Maine
How many new nations were created due to the treaty of Versailles?
Nine.
How did unrestricted submarine warfare push America to join the war?
The Germans were killing innocent civilians on transport ships because the ships had some military supplies on them.
Describe how the lightbulb drastically changed American society.
People started to stay awake later and get more things done and it changed times that people would work.
Describe how imperialism effected the growth of modern countries to new technologies.
Caused smaller nations to be stuck with lesser technologies as larger nations held them back to keep power over them.
How were Cuba and the Philippines effected by the war?
They were both heavily influenced and imperialized by America.
Why did Congress refuse to join the League of Nations?
They didn't want to be involved in European affairs anymore.
Why did the US finding out about the Zimmerman telegram from the UK almost force our entry into the war?
We were being threatened by the Germans on our own soil.
Boats were much slower and couldn't go across land so it was a 9 month journey to sail to the west coast of America when trains made it take merely weeks.
How did American imperialization effect Hawaii vs. Japan?
Japan prospered economically from more trade and became an eastern Asian power while Hawaii was destroyed in its old ways from it.
How was the treaty of Paris different from the Treaty of Versailles?
Treaty of Versailles was made to punish and the Treaty of Paris was made for America to prosper from it.
Why did the other allied nations reject Wilson's fourteen points for peace?
They felt it wasn't harsh enough on Germany.
How could the war have gone if America didn't join?
England and France might have gotten tired of wasting soldiers lives and money and just throwing both at Germany and might have pulled out of the war and signed an unfair treaty in Germany's favor. Or the war could've kept going for much longer.
What was the impact of child labor on society as a whole.
Kids were going to grow up without any education and no one would have been able to take high paying high educated jobs.
What was the impact of America becoming one of the world superpowers?
Everyone's attention started to shift to America instead of each other.
What was the impact of America winning the war?
America gained lots of new colonies and bought the Philippines from Spain for very cheap.
How were African American's treated after the war vs. Before the war?
Basically exactly the same if not worse as there were white people lynching veterans of the war.