Why did Wilson want the US forces to fight as a separate combat unit?
He believed having a separate American combat unit would guarantee the US a major role in the peace talks.
100
When 500,000 African Americans moved to the North to find jobs in factories it was known as ______________.
What is The Great Migration?
100
In Wilson's 14 points, what did the last point call for?
to form a League of Nations
100
Which to nations suffered the most deaths in WWI?
Russia and Germany
200
When the war began this was President Wilson's policy.
What is neutrality?
200
What role did American women play in WWI?
nurses, worked in factories, farmed, worked in ship yard, sold liberty bonds, acted as interpreters, operated switchboards, and drove ambulances
200
What were conditions like in the North for African Americans?
segregated housing, high rents, couldn't join labor unions, they did make more money than they did in the South, led to race riots.
200
Which four countries participated in the peace treaty?
American, Great Britain, Italy, and France
200
Which treaty ended the war?
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
300
The Zimmerman telegram was sent from ___________ to _____________ and it said this _______________.
What is Germany, Mexico, and if Mexico would declare war on the US, Germany would help them get back their "lost" territories of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.
300
Two ways the US Navy countered the U-boat threat
What is the convoy system and the barrier of mines in the North Sea
300
Whose loyalty was questioned during WWI?
German Americans
300
What were Americans thoughts on the League of Nations?
They did not agree with it and signed a separate treaty with Germany.
300
What was the effect of the Meuse-Argonne offensive?
It was a turning point in the war; Germany began retreating.
400
Russia signed the treaty of Brest Litovsk, which ended the war with Germany because . . .
What is a revolution in Russia?
400
What is an armistice?
An end to fighting
400
What were the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
Banned antiwar activity and there could be no criticizing the government.
400
What did the Treaty of Versailles say? (3)
Germany had to accept full responsibility for starting the war. Germany had to pay $33 billion in reparations. Germany was stripped of its colonies.
400
What were conditions like in the trenches? (Name three different ones)
muddy, rats, trench foot,
500
The five causes of WWI?
What is militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, and assassination?
500
When did WWI end? (be specific)
November 11, 1918, at 11 am
500
What were the consequences of the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
$10,000 fine or 20 years in prison
500
After WWI, Americans called for a return to ____________.
What is normalcy?
500
European nations divided into two opposing alliances. What were the alliances called?