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CHAPTER 21
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| European Diplomacy before World War I | Britain viewed Germany's navy as a threat and led to agreements with Russia and France to counter German ambitions |
| American Interventions in Mexico | Mexico's Revolution threatened American business interests. Wilson sent troops into Mexico to capture Pancho Villa (Mexican revolutionary) and break up disperse the rebels |
| American Neutrality | This policy was pursued early in World War I. The United States refused taking sides as it was a country of immigrants and doing so would upset domestic order and undercut America's global standing. |
| Warfare in Europe | a series of bloody trench stalemates that continued through the following year. Offensives, largely carried out by British and French armies, achieved nothing but huge numbers of casualties. |
| Challenges to American Neutrality | Sinking of the Lusitania, the Zimmerman telegram and American industrial economic ties to Britain and France. |
| Woodrow Wilson and World War I | the 28th U.S. president, served in office from 1913 to 1921 and led America through World War I (1914-1918). An advocate for democracy and world peace. "Make the world safe for democracy." |
| Selective Service Act | Law passed by Congress in 1917 that required all men from ages 21 to 30 to register for the military draft, avoided unpopular system of substitutes from Civil War |
| Race and America's Armed Forces | racial attitudes mandated assignment of whites and blacks into segregated companies. Black leaders viewed military service as an opportunity to demonstrate the ability of Blacks to assume responsibilities of citizenship |
| Women in war effort | War and Navy departments authorized enlistment of women to fill several administrative positions. Army and Navy Nurse Corps and telephone operators (Hello Girls) |
| Espionage Act of 1917 and Sedition Act of 1918 | made it illegal for Americans to speak disloyally about the US government, constitution, or flag |
| American forces in Europe | Two million men of the American Expeditionary Forces joined British and French armies in a series of offenses that pushed German lines back across France. |
| Flu Pandemic of 1918 | The deadliest natural disaster in human history. Killed between 50-100 million people following WWI. |
| Treaty of Versailles | Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment. |
| 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; almost entirely rejected |
| League of Nations | An organization of nations formed after World War I to promote cooperation and peace; eventually failed |
| The Postwar World | Ottoman Empire disintegreated into several nations controlled by European powers with little regard to ethnic realities. Britain (Iraq, Jordan, Palestine) France (Lebanon and Syria) |
| First Red Scare | widespread fear of Communism in the US during the 1920s after the revolution in Russia |
| Red Summer | summer of 1919 brought race riots, violence in twenty-five cities |
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