SSUSH 15

Analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in WWI

Vocabulary

• Central power=Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman empire

• Allied Powers=Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Japan, and finally U.S.

• Isolationism=not forming alliances with European Countries

• Neutrality=not taking sides in a foreign war

Vocabulary

• U-boat=submarine

• Alliance=political, economic, or military agreement between countries

• Socialism= the belief that the public or government should control all aspects of the economy.

Causes of WWI

• Militarism=a countries policy to maintain a strong military

• Imperialism=when one nation has political and economic control of another nation

• Nationalism=intense loyalty to one’s country or ethnic group.

Causes of WWI

• Franz Ferdinand (Heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne) assassinated by Serbian nationalist.

• Austria-Hungary declares war on serbia• Russia (aligned with Serbia) declares war on

Austria-Hungary• France was drawn into the war because they

were aligned with Russia. • Germany was aligned with Austria-Hungary so

they declared war on France and Russia.

U.S. enters the war.

• Woodrow Wilson was President of U.S. during WWI.

• He wanted to maintain neutrality during this war.

• Germanys use of unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman telegram would pull the U.S. into this conflict.

U.S. enters the war.

• unrestricted submarine warfare

• German U-boats were sinking ships headed for Britain

• The Lusitania was a passenger cruise ship with Americans on it. When it was sunk many Americans began to cry out for war.

• Zimmerman telegram• A letter sent from

Germany to Mexico basking them to attack the U.S. if they entered the war against the Germans.

• Mexico would gain back land lost in the Mexican War.

Selective Service Act

• Required all males 18 years of age to register for the draft.

Espionage Act

• Made it a crime to interfere with the induction of soldiers or knowingly refuse the draft.

• Sedition Act= made it a crime to speak out against or engage in an activity that was contradictory to the war effort.

Eugene Debs

• Socialist during WWI.

• He assisted with organizing the Pullman Strikes.

• He was imprisoned for his actions.

The Great Migration

• Time during WWI when African Americans moved from the South to the factories in the North for better jobs.

• Many factory jobs were left vacant because of the men fighting in the war.

Victory Gardens

• Planted by families during WWI so that farm products could be used in the war.

Liberty Bonds

• Sold to help pay for the war effort.

• People could cash them in later for a profit.

Fourteen points

• Gave all nations self rule.

• Free trade between nations

• All nations would have free access to the sea.

• League of Nations= a peacekeeping organization, that would make sure there were no more world wars.

Amendments during this time

• 18th

• Prohibited the consumption of alcohol

• 19th

• Gave women the right to vote

Treaty of Versailles

• Ended WWI

• Punished Germany

• Germany had to accept blame for the war and pay back 33 billion in war reparations

• Germany also had to disarm much of it’s military.