AP World War I Flashcards
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| 4302110225 | Causes of the WWI | NIMA, nationalism, imperialism, militarism (arms race) and secret alliances |  | 0 |
| 4302127047 | When did WWI begin | 1914 | 1 | |
| 4302127651 | who was the President during WWI (hint WW) | Woodrow Wilson | 2 | |
| 4302110226 | Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire |  | 3 |
| 4302110227 | Allied Powers | Britain, France, Russia | 4 | |
| 4302110975 | Neutrality | Wilson's stance when WWI began | 5 | |
| 4302110976 | Reasons US favored Allies | German invasion of neutral Belgium economic ties to Britain and France German use of submarine warfare | 6 | |
| 4302111492 | Lusitania | British ocean liner sunk by German U Boat, killing 1,200 people including over 120 Americans |  | 7 |
| 4302112937 | Sussex Pledge | German promise to warn ships before sinking them |  | 8 |
| 4302112026 | "He Kept Us Out of War" | Wilson's campaign pledge in 1916 election |  | 9 |
| 4302112339 | Immediate causes of US entry into WWI | Zimmerman telegram to Mexico Germans broke Sussex Pledge BR and FR admit they will lose without us Russia drops out of war | 10 | |
| 4302114575 | Impact of War on women | go to work in factories, help earn right to vote | 11 | |
| 4302114975 | impact of War on African Americans | segregated in the military, Great Migration to the north begins. | 12 | |
| 4302115510 | impact of war on Economy | Agencies set up to manage resources. Price Administration, Food Administration. Wages rose, unions strengthened, but only while war lasted. | 13 | |
| 4302115511 | Espionage and Sedition Acts | restricted civil liberties of Americans by making it illegal to criticize the government, and interfere in war effort. Upheld by Supreme Court as "necessity" to prevent public danger. |  | 14 |
| 4302116251 | George Creel | head of propaganda to get Americans to buy Liberty bonds, |  | 15 |
| 4302117245 | Eugene Debs, William Jennings Bryan | objected to US entry into WWI |  | 16 |
| 4302117246 | 14 Points | Wilson's peace plan to end WWI and all wars |  | 17 |
| 4302118347 | The Paris Peace Conference | meeting to create treaty to end WWI |  | 18 |
| 4302118348 | The Treaty of Versailles | ended WWI, punished Germany severely, created 9 new countries in Europe |  | 19 |
| 4302118913 | Henry Cabot Lodge | Republican leader of the Senate, enemy of Wilson, led movement to prevent ratification of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 |  | 20 |
| 4302119840 | The League of Nations | organization created to prevent war, but US did not join it when Senate failed to ratify the Treaty of Versailles. |  | 21 |