HIST 2057 Study Guide - David Lloyd George, Industrial Workers Of The World, Economic Democracy

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Ending the war in europe: wwi intro. New military technologies: submarines, mustard/poison gas, machine guns, tanks, and airplanes were introduced in wwi. Battle of the song river 1 million soldiers died. American involvement in wwi provided the first great test of wilson"s belief that american power could make the world safe for democracy . Most progressives embraced the country"s participation in the war, believing that the u. s. could help spread progressive values throughout the world. But rather than bringing progressivism to other peoples, the war destroyed it at home. The government quickly came to view critics of american involvement not simply as citizens with a different set of opinions, but as the enemies of the very ideas of democracy and freedom. As a result, the war produced one of the most sweeping repressions of the right to dissent in all of. 1917, president wilson called for peace without victory in europe. Allied forces were not in favor of this.

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