American History Chapter 9

Germany Italy and Austria Hungary

The aggressive build up of armed forces to intimidate and threaten other nations

britain France and Russia later the united states

The feeling of intense pride in one's homeland caused european tension and competition

The idea that people who share a national identity should have their own country and government

Nationalism led to a crisis in southeastern Europe "power keg"

The idea that a country can increase its power and wealth by controlling other peoples countries

Archduke was shot by a group of serbian nationalists

information designed to influence opinion

secretary of the treasury strongly pro British and limited geramn lones

good prohibited from shipment to germany and its allies

Germany used these to sink any ship they found in the water around britain

British passenger ship sunk by u boats

Germany pledging to stop sinking merchant ships without warning in an effort to keep the united states out of war

German officail sent telegram to mexico trying to persuede mexico to become an ally of germany in a war with the united states intercepted by the british last straw america entered the war

WIB established to coordinate the production of war materials

encouraged familes to grow their own vegetables and not eat as much meat to leave food for the troops

established to prevent stikes from disrupting the war effort(NWLB) wanted better wages and 8 hour woarkdays

when henry ford was desperate for workers he recruited many african americans from the south it greatly altered the racial makeup of these cities

war encouraged people to migrate mesicans headed north

created by Wilson supposed to "sell" the war to the American people

spying to acquire government information The espionage act made it illegal to aid the ememy give false reports or interfere with the war effort

made it llegal to speak against the war publicly

required all men between 21 and 30 to register for the draft a lottery randomly determined the order in which they were called

the space between opposing trenches

Gas and tanks and aircraft

propoosed that merchant ships and troop transports be gathered into groups

signed with Germany lost a lot of territory and they pulled out of the war

comander of the American Expeditionary Force

leg by general Pershing attacked germans germany retreated

york took command after many men on his platoon were killed received the medal of honor

he fought in 134 air battles shot down 26 aircraft people top american combat pilot awarded the congressional medal of honor

a truce or an agreement signed by germany on 11-11-1918

big four wilson lloyd george clemenceau and orlando russia was not invited

peace plan by wilson shot down

an idea that the borders of countries should be based on people who feel that they are a nation should be allowed to have their own country

help preserce peace by pledging to respect and protect each other's territory and political independence

signed by germany designed to punish and weaken them had to acknowledge that the war was their fault and pay rparations

monetary compensation for all of the war damage they had caused

greatly increased the cost of living lead to stikes

a strike that incolces all workers in a community not just workers in a particular industrySeattle strike

75 percent of the police force walked off the job riots and looting erupted in the city forcing calvin coolidge to call in the national guard

steelworkers went on strike for highter pay shorter hours and recognition of their union

the fear that communists might seize power people believed bombings were the work of radicals trying to destory the american way of life

a special division within the justice department was established by palmer hoover was the head of the FBI