ww1 test
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- Zimmerman note
- a telegram sent to Mexico saying that if they helped they would get their land back
- epidemic / Spanish Flu
- the rapid spread of disease among people
- U-boat
- German submarine used in WWI and WWII
- new weapons
- submarines, U-boats, gas, machine guns, tanks
- abdicate
- to give up power
- Treaty of Versailles
- Peace Treaty that ended WWI and had tough terms for Germany
- czar
- Russian emeroprs
- Battle of Belleau Wood
- First hard fought American victory over Germans in France in 1918
- John J. Pershing
- the Commander of the American Expeditionary Force
- draft
- law requiring people of a certain age to enlist in the military
- The Big Four
- Wilson of the US; David George of Britain; Clemenceau of France and Orlando of Italy
- Sussex Pledge
- Germany promised the United States that they would alter their naval and submarine policy of unrestricted submarine warfare and stop the indiscriminate sinking of non-military ships.
- Fourteen Points
- Woodrow Wilson's goals for peace after WWI
- trench warfare
- combat in which each side occupies a system of protective trenches
- Selective Service Act
- 1917 law requiring all men 21-30 to register for the military draft
- Paris Peace Conference
- The peace conference that decided the terms of WWI peace and Treaty of Versailles.
- League of Nations
- An association of nations to protect all countries
- Archduke Francis Ferdinand
- heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary killed by a terrorist from Bosnia who wanted Bosnia to break away from Austria-Hungary to join Serbia.
- alliance
- agreement between nations to aid and protect one another
- militarism
- a policy of building up strong forces to prepare for war
- Central Powers
- military alliance of Germany, Austria- Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire during WW1
- Battle of the Argonne Forrest
- the last major battle of WWI where allies defeated the Germans.
- armistice
- the agreement to stop fighting
- bureaucracy
- system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials
- kaiser
- title of the German emperor
- pacifists/Socialists
- person who objects to any war believing war is evil/
- nationalism
- excessive pride in ones nation
- Battle of Verdum
- prolonged WW1 battle in which more than one million were killed or wounded
- propaganda
- spreading of ideas to help a cause or hurt an opposing cause
- reparations
- cash payments to make up for losses another country had in a war
- Harlem Hell Fighters
- the African American infantry unit that fought with the French in WWI
- Liberty Bonds
- bonds sold by the US government to raise money for WWI
- stalemate
- deadlock in which neither side is strong enough to defeat thew other
- Allied Powers
- military alliance of France, Britain, Italy, Russia and 20 other nations during WW1
- Lusitania
- A British ship sund by a German U-boat in 1915: 1,200 people died including 128 Americans
- self determination
- the right of national groups to have their own land and government
- warmonger
- person who tries to stir up war
- Socialist
- person who supports community ownership of property and the sharing of profits
- blockade
- the shutting of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out
- Vladimir Lenin
- the leader of the Communist revolution in Russia
- American Expeditionary Force
- The name of the US force in Europe in WWI
- Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
- Treaty between Russia and Germany that ended Russia involvement in WWI
- Woodrow Wilson
- tried to keep America neutral and bring both sides to peace talks however after the Germans renewed U-boat attacks Wilson broke off relations with Germany
- casualty
- one who is injured or killed during an accident
- neutrality
- not taking sides in a conflict