Vocab
Who was the president of America at the time?
Woodrow Wilson
What years were America Neutral?
1914-1916
What new technique of fighting was introduced that increased protection?
Trench warfare/trenches
What did America do when they found out about the Zimmerman Note?
Declared war
How did America stay Neutral?
paid both sides, and didn't send over any troops
Who used the U-boats?
German soldiers
What year did the Americans declare war?
1917
What was the significance of the machine guns?
Allowed rapid fire and were much more deadly
What did the Zimmerman note ask?
Asked Mexico to start a war with America to distract them
Who is Arthur Zimmerman, and what did he do?
A German foreign secretary who proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the US
What is a situation in which neither side can win a clear victory?
A stalemate
What year did the Lusitania sink?
May of 1915
What did armies use to gather information and shoot down other enemies?
Airplanes
What did the Americans do in 1917 after the Germans broke the Sussex Pledge?
Cut off diplomatic relations with Germany
How much money did America lend to the allies in Germany?
$27 million
What is No Man's Land?
The area between opposing trenches
What year did President Wilson propose "peace without victory"
January, 1917
What poisonous gas was put in artillery shells?
Chlorine gas, or mustard gas
What are the two battles talked about in the section?
Battle of Somme and Verdun
How many Americans died from the sinking of the Lusitania?
128