Chapter 18 Flashcards
First war to be fought on a global scale ; 1914-1918 ; 5,000,000 casualties
WW1
His assassination started WWI ; shot and killed by Serbian Terrorist
Archduke Ferdinand
Undersea boat or submarine used first by Germany in 1915
U-boat
British luxury liner ; one of the first victims of submarine warfare , sailed out of NY
Lusitania
Message from Germany to Mexico intercepted by Britain ; promised Mexico land from New Mexico , Texas , Arizona in return for helping them in war
Zimmerman note
U.s. Set up the selective service act requiring all able bodied men from 21-30 to register in the draft ; lack of soldiers at the time
The draft
Established in u.s. In 1917 to regulate prices and industrial production ; American factories switched to war-time production
War industries board
Provided punishment for traitors
Espionage act
Poison gas , machine guns , flame throwers , hand grenades , tanks , etc.
New weapons
Commander of the American expeditionary force
General John Pershing
A group of communist radicals led by Vladimir Lenin
Bolsheviks
Pulled Russia out of the war and signed a armistice (cease fire) with Germany ; overthrew the personal government and established a communist dictatorship
Vladimir Lenin
Speech calls for world peace ; 14 points
President Wilson
Nov 11 , 1918 ; Germany out down their guns and stopped fire
Armistice day/veterans day
President Wilson ; prime minister David Lloyd George of England ; premier Georges Clemenceau of France ; prime minister vittorio Orlando of Italy
The “big four”
A series of compromises approved the League of Nations ; Germany looses territory ; Germans military was downsized ; Germany had to lag reparations and admit guilt
Treaty of Versailles
Organized a communist party in America in 1919 ; a terrorist organization dedicated to worldwide revolution
Third international
Nickname for communist
Reds
Federal bureau of investigation founded by j Edgar Hoover
FBI
Rise of technology , entertainment , women , new goods and services , and literature in America ; ended with the economic crash in 1929
The roaring twenties
Faster way of production ; Henry ford mass production
Assembly line
Car ; ten seconds ; first type of car to be made on an assembly line
Model t
Auto = car ; no other invention has had such great impact on average citizen
The auto
Became available throughout the nation
Electricity
