MANIA Militarism having more weapons more willing to fight Alliances countries built alliances Nationalism having pride for country Imperialism taking over countries smaller Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand Balkans fighting for independence Triple Alliance central powers Germany Austria Hungary Ottoman Empire Italy Triple Entente allied powers Serbia Russia France Great Britain U S Weapons new inventions machine guns tanks Trench Warfare lived in canals Lusitania boat that got bombed Germans started unrestricted warfare had famine had submarines and bombed America started creating allies and sending goods Woodrow Wilson did not want to go to war 14 points no secret treaties no alliances lower tariffs talk problems out freedom of seas etc only one accepted League of Nations countries come together in times of war and world problems self determination if countries wanted to be independent we should let them American Congress did not want to join League of Nations reject it Zimmermann note sent by German officer to Mexico asked Mexico to go against America and in return Germany would give back conquered land from war intercepted by British Enter 1917 war ends 1918 Selective Service Act 18 year old men had to register draft Germany signs Treaty of Versailles punished Germany made Germany pay back debts blamed Germany for war had to reduce army give up colonized land reduce size of Germany went into depression France and Britain wanted to punish him Domestic War Effort U S women take over jobs when men went to war helped push women s rights war bonds lent money to government that they had to pay back with interest later rationed food for families in U S sent rest of food to soldiers propaganda posters that conserved food for soldiers people telling how good the war is 1920 women s suffrage Great Migration African Americans moved from South to North in huge numbers to big cities for jobs to escape Jim Crow laws in south sparks Harlem renaissance Jazz played literature by black men and women Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston Nativism was strong Americans were better than immigrants anti immigration Quota Act 2 of race in America are allowed to enter country specifically Russians and Jews Red Scare scared that Russian immigrants would come and bring communist ideas Sacco and Vanzetti Italian anarchists don t believe in government accused of murdering found guilty and sent to electric chair many Americans fought against it but they were still killed Henry Ford invented gas powered engine created car payed large amount people mass produced auto mobile created assembly line created thousands of cars in one day price was cheaper installment plan pay for cars slowly over time result building highways gas stations motels Speakeasies places where people went to drink secretly roaring 1920 s booming presidents lowered taxes economy went up Women in 1920s cut hair short wear pants smoked talked about sex flappers went to harlem and danced Scopes Trial places made learning about evolution in schools fight between religion and science Schenck vs United States clear and present danger