12.1
what policy kept the US out of foreign affairs for over 100 years
policy of isolation or isolationism
nationalism created what
what did the US officially adopt a position of
deep mistrust,
neutrality
what was the Zimmerman telegram?
a telegram from germany that instructed Mexico to attack the US if they entered the war
who seized power in Russia in November 1917 as a part of a communist revolution
bolsheviks
what did the allies do to germany
theu placed a huge burden of reparations on Germany to keep them from rebuilding
the US pressured Japan to sign what treaty and what did it do
the Treaty of Kanagawa which opened Japan's ports for US trade
why were alliances made
what ship did the german u-boats sink and when. how many americans did it kill?
to protect themselves and to discourage war, nations created alliances
the Lusitania, 1915, killed 128 americans
what prompted congress to voted for war and when
after several sinking of american merchant ships in April 1917
what did the Germans mobalize in 1918
a "peace offensive" before the US could enter the war. The German offensive came with 50 miles of Paris before the Americans showed up
what did the US Senate do in the end
they rejected the treaty
who pressured the US to annex what island and to buy what territory
Secretary of state William Seward, Midway Island, Alaska
who was killed, when, and by who (This motivated the start of WW1)
archduke of Austria Francis Ferdinand, Serbian terrorist Garrilo Princip, 1914
what percent of recruits for the war were illiterate and what did this spur
25% and it spurred education reform in the US
september 1918, over one million american soldiers fought in what battle
Battle of the Agonne Forest
what else did the US end up doing
not signing the peace treatu to end WW1
how much did Alaska cost the US and what was it called
$7.2 million, Sewards folly
who were the central powers and the allied powers?
central powers: germany, austria-hungary
allied powers: france, britain, russia
what did the War Revenue Act do
it sharpy raised taxes in order to fund the war, along with Liberty Bonds
what did President Wilson demand of the German Kaiser
to abdicate the throne as a prerequisite to signing an armistice to end the war
what is imperialism
and what was the Boxer Rebellion
the policy of powerful countries seeking to control weaker countries
a Chinese rebellion in 1900 called "Boxers" that attacked "foreign devils" aka westerners
how long did the war last and what did it feature
1914-1918
trench-warfare and poison gas
who stepped into assemble weapons and airplane parts, drive trains and trolleys (etc.)
WOMEN girly gorls slay
when did the German leaders sign the armistice and end the war
november 11, 1918, 11am