United States History and Geography: Modern Times

Germany promised with certain conditions to not sink any more merchant ships without warning - a change in Naval warfare policy from Germnay.

The free choice by the people of a nation of their own future political statutes - the right to choose.

In January 1917, German official Arthur Zimmermann sent a telegram to the German ambassador in Mexico promising Mexico the return of its "lost territory in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona" if it allied with Germany. British intelligence intercepted the Zimmermann telegram, and it ran in American newspapers. Furious, many Americans concluded that war with Germany was necessary.

A temporary agreement to end fighting

Money that's loaned by the government - Americans purchased these at a certain price and were paid back with interest over a certain number of years.

labor unrest and violence, a communist revolution, and labor strikes.

Britain/UK

Because Britain felt that Germany could attack them - they felt threatened and built warships.

Trench warfare, machine guns, poison gas, armored tank, zeppelins, aircraft, air to air combat and air to ground combat.

There were 14 points given by President Wilson. The treaty eliminated the causes of war through free trade, freedom of the seas, disarmament, an impartial adjustment of colonial claims, and open diplomacy. The next eight points addressed the right of national self-determination -the idea that the borders of countries should be based on ethnicity and national identity. The fourteenth point called for the creation of a League of Nations.

To protect themselves from artillery - self defense.

Between February 3 and March 21, U-boats sank six American ships. Roused to action, President Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany on April 2, 1917:

give women the right to vote

a group that travels with something such as a ship to protect it.

Doughboys

The Allies (France, Britain, Russia)

Because there was an alliance already in place

President Wilson of the United States, British prime minister David Lloyd George, French premier Georges Clemenceau, and Italian prime minister Vittorio Orlando.

Belgium had an alliance with Britain, so Britain came to the aid of Belgium when Germany invaded. Britain declared war on Germany.

The NWLB often pressured industry to improve wages, adopt an eight-hour workday, and allow unions the right to organize and bargain collectively.

German Americans

The Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Russian Empire, the German Empire, and the Ottoman Empire

At first, airplanes were used to spy on enemy troops and ships. Then the Allies equipped them with machine guns and rockets to attack the German zeppelin fleet.ther aircraft carried small bombs to drop on enemy lines.

The Fourteen Points

A major turning point in the war - where the German's began to retreat.

Women worked in factories, shipyards, and railroad yards and served as police officers, mail carriers, and train engineers.