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U-Boats

Organization formed to keep world peace. U-Boats. Isolationism. Zimmerman Telegram. Made fighting stationary; easy to defend position. Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace following the war. Trench warfare. Nationalism, Imperialism, economic rivalries, alliance system, militarism.

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U-Boats

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  1. Organization formed to keep world peace U-Boats Isolationism Zimmerman Telegram Made fighting stationary; easy to defend position Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace following the war Trench warfare Nationalism, Imperialism, economic rivalries, alliance system, militarism Didn’t want to fight; captured 132 prisoners; killed 25 by himself Battle of Argonne Forest Henry Cabot Lodge Opposed US joining League of Nations Opened a hole in German lines Causes of WW I Were used in WW I, but too primitive to be effective Tanks Treaty of Versailles

  2. Payment for causing WW I paid by Germany New weapons used in WW I Said that there are limits to free speech Germany lost territory; dividing of Austria-Hungary and Turkey; Germany punished; League of Nations Peace terms ending WW I Fourteen Points Archduke Franz Ferdinand Ship sunk by German submarine Sussex Pledge Assassinated; spurred beginning of WW I Germany promised not to sink any ships without warning Lusitania Alvin York Allowed government to draft men to serve in war Selective Service Act Ended WW I

  3. Closer ties with Allies, German actions, British blockade Other reasons for US entry into WW I Using all of a country’s resources in a conflict US troops led by John J. Pershing Atlantic Ocean Geographic feature that kept US from attack on mainland American Expeditionary Force Total war German unrestricted submarine warfare Main reason for US entry into WW I Promised Mexico land in US to help Germany fight against US Country separating itself from others’ affairs League of Nations

  4. Machine guns, poison gas, submarines, airplanes German submarines used to attack large ships reparations Schenck vs US

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