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This feeling of intense love for your own country created tension among European countries
Nationalism
This was the strategy of digging large tunnels to defend yourself from the enemy.
Trench Warfare
The sinking of this British boat with American passengers made the US angry with Germany
Lusitania
This act made it illegal to talk bad about the USA or the military during the war
Sedition Act
This Woodrow Wilson plan tried to create PEACE in Europe in order to prevent future war
Imperialist tensions on this continent rose due to rivalries in Europe
Africa
The Germans invented this weapon to kill large amounts of troops in enemy trenches without sending anyone "over the top"
Gas or Chemical Warfare
This event made America go to war with Germany because they threatened the US with a southern invasion from Mexico.
The Zimmerman Telegram
This act made spying illegal, but the criteria for spying was very broad
Espionage Act
This document ended WWI and sought to PUNISH Germany for starting WWI. It was supported by the British and French
Treaty of Versailles
These 3 countries STARTED for the Allied powers during World War I
Great Britain, France, Russia
This machine was invented by the British to break into enemy trenches.
The Tank
In order to DRAFT more soldiers for the war, President Wilson signed this law
Selective Service Act
This government agency specialized in making American factories produce war materials more efficiently.
War Industries Board
This plan tried to help Germany make their war reparation payments easier by splitting them up to not destroy the economy
The Dawes Plan
Due to militarism, Germany and Great Britain were building up their...
Navy
In addition to working in the factories and doing desk jobs in the military, women became nurses in this organization
The Red Cross
This was a failed promise by Germany to stop Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, only if Britian lifted the Naval Blockade
Sussex Pledge
This group controlled American newspapers, advertisements and other media in order to create propaganda that would make the public support the war.
Committee on Public Information
This event tried to make the world powers limit the construction of battleships and powerful navies. Loopholes made it fail
Washington Naval Conference
Austria blamed this country for assassinating Archduke Ferdinand
Serbia
This was the movement of African Americans up north to escape southern racism and find northern factory jobs
The Great Migration
Germany's war crimes in this European country made Britian and the USA very mad for their brutality
Belgium
This was a wartime investment that Americans would make in order to fund the war and receive money back if the military won.
War Bonds or Liberty Bonds
This 1920s agreement tried to make war illegal by promoting countries to settle disputes with peace
Kellogg-Briand Pact