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Features of WWI
Bringing The USA IN
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Post-War Policies
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This feeling of intense love for your own country created tension among European countries

Nationalism

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This was the strategy of digging large tunnels to defend yourself from the enemy.

Trench Warfare

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The sinking of this British boat with American passengers made the US angry with Germany

Lusitania

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This act made it illegal to talk bad about the USA or the military during the war

Sedition Act

100

This Woodrow Wilson plan tried to create PEACE in Europe in order to prevent future war

The 14 Points
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Imperialist tensions on this continent rose due to rivalries in Europe

Africa

200

The Germans invented this weapon to kill large amounts of troops in enemy trenches without sending anyone "over the top"

Gas or Chemical Warfare

200

This event made America go to war with Germany because they threatened the US with a southern invasion from Mexico. 

The Zimmerman Telegram

200

This act made spying illegal, but the criteria for spying was very broad

Espionage Act

200

This document ended WWI and sought to PUNISH Germany for starting WWI. It was supported by the British and French

Treaty of Versailles

300

These 3 countries STARTED for the Allied powers during World War I

Great Britain, France, Russia

300

This machine was invented by the British to break into enemy trenches.

The Tank

300

In order to DRAFT more soldiers for the war, President Wilson signed this law

Selective Service Act

300

This government agency specialized in making American factories produce war materials more efficiently. 

War Industries Board

300

This plan tried to help Germany make their war reparation payments easier by splitting them up to not destroy the economy

The Dawes Plan

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Due to militarism, Germany and Great Britain were building up their...

Navy

400

In addition to working in the factories and doing desk jobs in the military, women became nurses in this organization

The Red Cross

400

This was a failed promise by Germany to stop Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, only if Britian lifted the Naval Blockade

Sussex Pledge

400

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

400

This event tried to make the world powers limit the construction of battleships and powerful navies. Loopholes made it fail

Washington Naval Conference

500

Austria blamed this country for assassinating Archduke Ferdinand

Serbia

500

This was the movement of African Americans up north to escape southern racism and find northern factory jobs

The Great Migration

500

Germany's war crimes in this European country made Britian and the USA very mad for their brutality

Belgium

500

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

500

This 1920s agreement tried to make war illegal by promoting countries to settle disputes with peace

Kellogg-Briand Pact