Start of the War
The United States declared this at the beginning of the conflict.
What is neutrality?
(3 words) This practice by Germany angered the United States throughout the beginning of the war. It called for German U-boats to sink ships suspected of giving supplies to the Allies, regardless of whether the ship had civilians on it or not.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
This court case established the "clear and present danger" doctrine by arguing that encouraging people to dodge the draft constituted a grave danger to the country.
What is Schenck v. United States?
This treaty officially ended WWI. It forced Germany to admit fault for the war, pay massive indemnities, and took much land away from the country.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
(2 words) This group of countries included France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, and, eventually, the United States.
What are the Allied Powers?
(3 words) This policy, which encouraged free trade between countries not participating in the war, was what the United States wanted other countries to follow in the beginning of WWI. Germany repeatedly violated this policy, eventually leading the US to join the war.
What is Freedom of Seas?
This amendment was consistently threatened throughout WWI in the United States because of legislation and court cases surrounding it.
What is the 1st amendment?
These are Woodrow Wilson's main ideas about how the post-war world would look like. They included the end of colonial empires, peace without victory, and national self-determination.
What are the 14 Points?
This group of countries included Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.
What are the Central Powers?
(2 words) This note was written by the Foreign Minister of Germany for Mexico, encouraging the latter to invade the United States should the US enter WWI.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
This group of people were afforded access to jobs they were not previously given access to in places like factories and healthcare. They supported the war effort in exchange for the right to vote.
What are women?
One of Woodrow Wilson's biggest desires for the Treaty of Versailles, this policy promoted the idea that there are no winners and losers of WWI. The winners of the war, the UK and France, strongly opposed this idea.
What is peace without victory?
These are the four main causes of WWI.
What are militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism?
This British ocean liner was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915 carrying US citizens, angering the United States and leading to the Sussex Pledge from Germany.
What is the Lusitania?
This group of people, who had traditionally lived in the South, began to migrate to the North to find employment after soldiers had been sent to war and the demand for munitions was raised.
What are African Americans?
This organization's mission was to promote peace among countries and to provide a platform for disagreements to be resolved before conflict arose. Once the United States refused to join the organization, it was doomed, failing to stop World War II just 20 years later.
What is the League of Nations?
This person was shot by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia, in 1914, which led to the start of WWI.
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This was Woodrow Wilson's 1916 campaign slogan, which he very much did not do in the following year.
What is "He kept us out of the war"?
People from this country moved to the Southwestern United States and the Midwest to partake in cattle ranching, which helped increase food production during the war.
What is Mexico?
This body of Congress refused to pass the Treaty of Versailles, arguing that it would get the US involved in too many international conflicts, and instead advocated for the US to remove itself from international affairs, known as isolation.
What is the Senate?