About the U.S.A. by U.S. Department of State

Author:U.S. Department of State
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: U.S. Department of State
Published: 2013-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

C Work in pairs. Look only at this page. To answer your partner’s questions about World War I, find the information and tell it to your partner. He or she will take notes.

It was Woodrow Wilson’s plan for a world organization to prevent future wars. To avoid involvement in world affairs, the U.S. Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles and the plan for the League of Nations.

It was a “total war” because it involved the economies and the people of many countries. The U.S. Congress passed the Selective Service Acts to draft young men into the armed forces.

The basis of the Treaty of Versailles was President Wilson’s plan for peace, his Fourteen Points. Among other things, Wilson wanted freedom of the seas and trade and self-determination (the right of people to decide on their own form of government).

Austria-Hungary declared war on the small country of Serbia because an assassin shot the heir to their throne.

Americans were angry because Germany was using submarines to attack both warships and trade ships. They wanted to fight this “war to end all wars.”

The Central Powers were Austria-Hungary and Germany, and the Allied Powers were Russia, France, England, and Italy.

Germany signed an armistice on November 11, 1918.

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