AMerica and WWI

People

100

He caused the war

Gavrillo Princep

200

He sent a memo to Mexico seeking to establish an alliance during WWI (full name) 

Arthur Zimmerman 

300

He loaned the Allies over 2 billion dollars for the war

JP Morgan

400

He was Head of the Food Administration 

Herbert Hoover

500

Famous Labor leader was imprisoned for breaking the Alien and Sedition Act 

Eugene Debs

Policies

100

Advice from Washington that became a policy we followed for 200 yrs before WWI

Isolationism

200

If your country gets invaded, you must come to thier aid 

Alliance System

300

Speaking out against the war could get you 20 years in jail

Sedition and Espionage Act

400

You couldn't buy your way out of this policy anymore

Draft/ Conscription Act

500

Don't eat meat, save for our soldiers 

Meatless Mondays

Cause

100

Great Britan declares war on Germany

Germany invaded Belgium

200

Because they pulled out of the war, we jumped in

Bolsheviks/ Bolshevik Revolution

300

Germans resorted to using UBoats

British Blockade

400

Germans target any ship in the water

1. British flying American flags on their ship

2. British smuggling weapons on Passenger Ships

500

Serbia is Blamed for the war

They provided money and supplies to the Black Hand

Effects

100

You can buy a war bond 

Government needs money to pay for the war

200

Committe on Public Information is created

The government wants to gain support for the war

300

19th amendment is passed giving women the right to vote

women used the war to  protest not having the right to vote.

400

Austria Hungarian heir is targeted even though he planned on revising discriminatory policies

Black Hand is afraid Bosnain Serbs won't want independence anymore

500

Black migration increased from the South to the North

Job opportunities were opened by the war