central powers- germany, austia-hungry, bulgaria, turkey
allied powers- great britain, france, russia, italy, and eventually us
reasons U.S. went into war
british and american propaganda- advertising for people to enlist or war bonds, tried to influencce people to go to war, pursuasive advertising
preparedness prgram- prepare for war just on case it happens which pushes us closer to war
american business- changed from making peace time goods to war time goods ex cars to tanks, clothes to uniforms, got huge govt contracts to make war goods
germans declaration of unrestricted warfare
lusitania was a cruise ship sunk in 1915, thought that germany upheld international law by putting adds in newspaper but we didnt think so
sussex was a ship sunk by germany, issued ultimatum to germany end attack on unarmed ships or risk war, germany responded with sussex plege that promised the end of sinking ships and search ships for contraband and make provisions for passengers and crews before sinking merchant ships
homefront refers to what people are doing back home, war industries board made sure that people werent lazy, food administarion urged people to conserve food and plant gardens to feed troops, comitee on public information goal was to influence public opinion and support it in their own way
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