Causes of WWI
The United States, diplomatically, remained neutral at the start of World War I, aligning with their political ideology of?
Isolationism
To grow numbers within the US Military, the US Government passed this act...establishing the US Draft.
Selective Service Act
This new weapon caused mass casualties in a short amount of time, especially in no man's land.
Machine Guns
President of the United States during World War I.
Woodrow Wilson
This treaty officially ended World War I.
Treaty of Versailles
The sinking of THIS ship, killing 128 Americans, was one of the first German offenses against the US during World War I.
Lusitania
With the men leaving to fight overseas, jobs began opening and this minority group filled them, inevitably opening opportunities for them in the future.
Women
This new invention allowed for the Allied Powers to break the stalemate caused by Trench Warfare.
Tanks
Most decorated American soldier during World War I. He received the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine-gun nest, taking 32 machine guns, killing 28 German soldiers, and capturing 132 others.
Alvin York
This was the proposed plan to go about 'post-war' negotiations presented by President Wilson.
Fourteen Points
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
When Germany sent secret messages to Mexico, requesting Mexico to invade the United States in return for German support. Goal was to keep the US out of World War I. Failed.
How did American civilians back home ration and support food efforts during World War I?
Victory Gardens
Area between two trenches, considered to be the most dangerous area of the battlefield.
No man's land
He was the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I.
John J. Pershing
The international peace-keeping organization created after World War I. This major country did not join, ultimately leading to its final.
League of Nations, United States
Germany violated the terms of international sea rules by continually sinking ships, also known as -
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
US government agency created during World War I to coordinate the purchase of war materials.
War Industries Board
Toxic chemical weapons with compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs.
Poison Gas
A part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire western front, the objective was the capture of an important railroad/train station which would break the railroad net supporting the German Army in France. An Allied victory, the battle is credited for leading to the Armistice.
Following the Russian Revolution in 1917 and the spread of communist/socialist ideals, America will experience its first...
Red Scare
Following the sinking of vessels with American civilians, Germany promised to stop sinking ships by making THIS pledge.
Sussex Pledge
Act passed in 1917 that made it a crime for any person to share information intended to interfere with the U.S. armed forces or to promote the success of the country's enemies. No spying.
Espionage Act
This new technology was mostly used for reconnaissance purposes during World War I.
Planes
The case of _________ tested the constitutionality of the Espionage Act. The man behind the court case was charged in violation of the Espionage Act after disseminating materials urging men to resist the draft.
Scheneck v United States
The movement of African Americans from the South to the industrial centers of the Northeast and the Midwest.
The Great Migration