Wilson's plan for peace was know as?
The 14 points
Factories stopped making consumer goods to make_______________________.
war supplies
Secret note released to U.S. newspapers in 1917.
Zimmerman note.
Where did the "Big 4" leaders meet? (hint: think of the name of the treaty)
Palace of Versailles
Define AEF American Expeditionary Force
A branch of the US Army and the first to be sent to defend foreign soil.
This was a British passenger ship that was sunk by the Germans.
Lusitania
Type of weaponry that was used to draw enemy soldiers out of trenches and has since been declared illegal?
chemical warfare; poison gas
This group would settle disputes between countries.
League of Nations
Items sold by the United States government to raise money.
bonds
The murder of Archduke Francis Ferdinand caused a _______ _____________ in the countries in Europe.
chain reaction
How did Alliances influence the war?
Alliances drew larger nations into war that weren't directly involved in the conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungary creating a greater and more destructive war.
World War I was the first time these were used as a weapon.
airplanes
What was the purpose of the treaty of versaille?
To try and bring peace to Europe and make Germany pay for causing all of the problems
Practice of requiring people to serve in the armed forces.
Selective Service AKA the draft
What was the banking system established by Woodrow Wilson?
Federal Reserve System
How did Imperialism influence the war?
Expansion of political, economic, and military control to other nations can lead to revolution from natives. (Ex. Serbia national Gavrilo Princip assassination of Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand)
Area between the trenches where a lot of soldiers die
No Mans Land
The treaty that ended the war changes these, allowing people that spoke the same language to live by one another.
boundaries
Those who joined the armed forces as nurses and office workers.
women
With the treaty that ended WWI, this country lost land and was required to pay reparations to other countries.
Germany