Acts and Treaties
What country was not invited to Paris Peace Conference?
Russia
What country used unrestricted submarine warfare?
Germany
Whose assassination was a major cause of WW1?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
When was the Treaty of Versailles first introduced?
With the 14 point plan
What did women have to plant in WW1?
Gardens
Who is the Big 4 in Paris Peace Conference?
U.S., Britain, France, Italy
What are a few new technologies that were first used in WW1?
Machine guns, artillery, poison gas, and tanks
What are the M.A.I.N. causes of WW1?
M- militarism
A- alliances
I- imperialism
N- nationalism
Who did the Treaty of Versailles blame for WW1?
Germany
How did US save and conserve during WW1?
Meatless Mondays
Wheatless Wednesdays
What act protected america participation in WW1?
Sedition Act of 1918
Why was it hard for the US to stay neutral during the first part if WW1?
Germany’s use of submarine warfare
Meaning of Militarism
Policy of aggressive preparedness
Who rejected the Treaty of Versailles?
United States
What is the meaning of reparations?
Payments for damages caused by war
What was broken when the U.S. joined WW1?
Stalemate
What are treats during WW1 that the soldiers were exposed to?
Poison gas, bullets, tanks
Meaning of alliances
European nations formed alliances to create a balance of power throughout Europe
What was the Treaty of Versailles’s terms?
Made Germany’s navy limited to 15,000
Made Germany surrender
What were the total casualties of WW1 and how much did the war cost?
9 million casualties
$300 billion
What did the Zimmerman Note tru to do?
Tried to get Mexico to join Germany
What was a major cause that pushed US to join the war?
Sinking of their ships
Meaning of imperialism and nationalism
Imperialism- practice of extending a nations power by gaining territories of a colonial empire
Why did the US decide not to participate in the Treaty of Versailles’s League of Nations?
Too many immigrants in the US from different countries and didn’t want to have rage in US
What nations formed in WW1?
Poland, Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Estonia