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The president in office during WWII
Woodrow Wilson
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
Treaty of Versailles with Germany
Treaty stated that Germany had to accept complete responsibility
Pay back all damages
Give up military forces, overseas colonies, and lands
U.S intervention in foreign affairs to maintain economic stability and protect American investments and prevent European involvement.
-Occurred in Latin America
Initial position of the U.S during the war
Neutrality
Allied powers?
G.B, France, Russia, U.S, Italy
an agreement to end fighting
Armistice
Good Neighbor Policy
Less emphasis on intervention, more on cooperation
WWI lasted from:
1914-1918
Propoganda is:
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view
Yellow Journalism
a style of newspaper reporting that emphasized sensationalism over facts
Causes of WWI
Imperialism
Militarism
Alliances
1917
Secret message from Germany to Mexico, urging an alliance against U.S. Americans reacted angrily upon finding out, and joined the war.
Monroe Doctrine
Warned foreign powers to stay out of Western Hemisphere.
- Also supported Annexation of Texas
Red scare
increase in radical, communist groups
Causes of the war. Name 2
Nationalism
Imperialism
Militarism
Assassination of duke
Wilson’s 14 Points:
a speech in 1918 (POST WAR), outlining a vision for avoiding future wars.
Expanding a nation's power by foreign and economic control
Imperialism
After ending the war, there was. a decline in economic activity. This is called:
Recession