Introducing
Your new presentation assistant.
Refine, enhance, and tailor your content, source relevant images, and edit visuals quicker than ever before.
Trending searches
The Espionage Act of 1917 is a United States federal law passed on June 15, 1917, shortly after the U.S. entry into World War I.
American Doughboys (soldiers) arrive in Europe in 1917
The Zimmerman Telegram was an internal diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January, 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States' entering World War I against Germany.
Soldiers who fought on foot took many casualties from machine gun fire, poison gas and poor and out-of-date tactics. They suffered trench warfare.
chemical-warfare gas, blistering the skin and damaging the lungs, often causing blindness and death: introduced by the Germans in World War I.
Vitorio Orlando was the leader of Italy while they were in the triple alliance. The Triple Alliance was made up of Germany, Austria Hungary and Italy.
–First war in which women officially served in armed forces
–Performed mostly electrical duties
–Other duties included radio operators and nurses
–Army Nursing Corps numbered more than 20,000
definition- a disliking of other people from other countries
U- boatssank ships in the waters near Britain.
–Warships
–Merchant ships
–Passenger ships
Losses due to artillery fire accounted for 67% of total casualties
John Pershing led the American Forces into battle.
–Raised millions of dollars
–Bond that has value with interests
–redeem after war for the higher value
–Four-minute men sang, spoke, and sold bonds at public places (movies, vaudeville, churches)
Kaiser Wilhelm was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia. He was charged with war crimes
Radios and telephones were the main ways of communication
The stretch of land between the front line trenches was dangerous. No Man's Land contained miles of barbed wire, hundreds of corpses, and land mines.
wire with sharp spikes along it, used to make fences or in warfare as an obstruction.
Belgium port; the northern most extent of trenches. A target for the Allies to stop German U boat activities.
Disguised British armed naval vessels that looked like an unarmed schooner and sailed in waters known to contain German U boats. They tried to catch U boats on the surface.
Automatic weapons that allowed handful of men to exert fire that previously had needed hundreds of soldiers
–Possibly the most feared of all weapons in World War I
–Phosgene, chlorine, and mustard gases were used
–Could cause blindness, respiratory failure, and death
•1917 revolution overthrew Czar Nicholas II, leader of Russian Empire
New technological development. Positives to the new device :
•Underwater wireless communication
•Gyro compass
•Torpedo improvements
By Allee Moro