APUSH Chapter 22: World War 1
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1. 1. What caused Cause of Outreak.After war erupted in Europe in 1914,
the outbreak of the Western Front was bogged down in trench warfare,
the Great War, in which both sides were stalemated yet absorbed horrif-
and why did ic losses. The Wilson administration declared the United
the United States States neutral but allowed businesses to extend loans to
join the conflict? the warring nations, the Allied Powers (Britain, France,
What was dis- and Russia), to purchase food and military supplies. Very
tinctive about the little aid was provided the Central Powers (Germany, Aus-
fighting on the tria-Hungary) Americans were outraged by the Germans'
Western Front? use of submarine (U-boat) warfare, especially after the
sinking of the Lusitania. In 1917, submarine attacks and
the publication of the Zimmermann telegram, which re-
vealed that Germany had tried to encourage Mexico to
wage war against the United States.
2. 2. How did the Homefront mobilization. The Wilson administration drafted
Wilson adminis- men into the army and created agencies such as the War
tration mobilize Industries Board and the Food Administration to coordi-
the home front? nate industrial production and agricultural consumption.
How did these ef- Male white workers left then factory jobs to join the army,
forts affect soci- hundreds of thousands of Blacks migrated from the rural
ety? South to the urban North as part of the Great Migration.
Many white southerners and Mexican Americans also re-
located. One million women participated in war work but
were encouraged to leave those jobs when war ended.
The government severely curtailed civil liberties, and the
Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917 criminalized virtually
any opposition to the war.
3. 3. What were the Major WW1 events. Communists seized power in Novem-
major events of ber 1917 in Russia and negotiated a separate peace
World War 1 after treaty with Germany, thus freeing the Germans to focus
the United States on the Western Front. By 1918, however, the arrival of
entered the con- U.S. troops turned the tide of the war. German leaders
flict? How did the sued for peace, and an armistice was signed on November
American war ef- 11, 1918. Woodrow Wilson insisted that the United States
fort contribute to wanted a new democratic Europe. His Fourteen Points
the defeat of the (1918) speech outlined his ideas for a League of Nations
Central Powers? to promote peaceful resolutions to future conflicts.
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4. 4. How did Wil- The quest for peace at the Paris Peace Conference was
son promote his only partially successful. The Treaty of Versailles created
plans for a peace- a League of Nations but included a "war guilt clause" that
ful world order forced Germany to pay reparations for war damages to
as outlined in his France and Britain. ln the end, Wilson's illness following
Fourteen Points? a stroke, his refusal to compromise on the terms of the
treaty, and his alienation of Republican senators resulted
in the Senate voting against ratification.
5. 5. What were the Consequences of war at home and abroad. The United
consequences of States struggled with its new status as the leading world
the war at home power and with changes at home. As wartime industries
and abroad? shifted to peacetime production, wage and price control
Lurching from ended. As former soldiers reentered the workforce, unem-
War to Peace ployment rose and consumer prices increased, provoking
labor unrest. Some believed these problems were part of
a Bolshevik plot. Several incidents of domestic terrorism
provoked what would be known as the First Red Scare
(1919-1920), during which the Justice Department illegal-
ly arrested and deported many suspected radices, most
of whom were immigrants. Race riots broke out as white
mobs tried to stop African Americans from exercising
rights. The summer of 1919 also brought Congressional
passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the
right to vote once ratified by the states the following year.
6. Major event 1914 The Great War (World War 1) begins in Europe
Chapter 22 1915 The Lusitania is torpedoed bye German U-boat
February 1917 Germany announces unrestricted subma-
rine warfare
March 1917 Zimmermann telegram disclosed in the press
1917 United States enters the Great War
January 1918 Woodrow Wilson delivers Founeen Points
speech November 11,1918 Representatives of waning
nations sign armistice.
1919 Paris Peace Conference convenes. Police riots
break out during the Red Summer
1919-1920 First Red Scare leads to arrests and depor-
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