World war 1 Flashcards
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Woodrow Wilson
President of the United States (1913-1921) and the leading figure at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. He was unable to persuade the U.S. Congress to ratify the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations.
Henry Cabot lodge
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he was a leader in the fight against participation in the League of Nations. Lodge strongly rejected joining the league of nations because he did not want to get involved in other nations business and be the nation who has to help everyone when they ask.
Central Powers
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire during WWI
Allied powers
Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, and later the U.S. during WWI
Zimmerman Note
Written by Arthur Zimmerman, a German foreign secretary. In this note he had secretly proposed a German- Mexican alliance. He tempted Mexico with the ideas of recovering Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. The note was intercepted on March 1, 1917 by the U.S. government. This was a major factor that led us into WWI.
Fourteen points
A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I.
League of nations
an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations
Treaty of versailles
the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans
Selective service act
Law passed by Congress in 1917 that required all men from ages 21 to 30 to register for the military draft
Xenophobia
fear of foreigners
Liberty bond propaganda
Images to encourage people to support the war effort by donating stuff overseas
Espionage act of 1917
Law which punished people for aiding the enemy or refusing military duty during WW1
Sedition act of 1918
added to Espionage Act to cover “disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language” about the American form of government, the Constitution, the flag, or the armed forces.
How do americans react to the war in europe
They wanted to embrace Neutrality
unrestricted submarine warfare
the practice of sinking enemy ships, both military and civilian, without warning. It was a highly controversial naval tactic, particularly during World War I, when Germany’s resumption of USW in early 1917 was a major factor in the United States entering the war.
Red scare
A brief wave of fear over the possible influence of Socialists/Bolsheviks in American life
Schenck v. US (1919)
Allows limits to speech based on the “clear and present danger” principle
