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149853377Kaiser Wilhelm IIwas the Kaiser of Germany at the time of the First World War reigning from 1888-1918. He pushed for a more aggressive foreign policy by means of colonies and a strong navy to compete with Britain. His actions added to the growing tensions in pre-1914 Europe.0
149853378triple allianceAn alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in the years before WWI.1
149853379triple ententeAn alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia in the years before WWI.2
149853380central powersin World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies3
149853381alliesin World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers4
149853382western frontIn WWI, the region of Northern France where the forces of the Allies and the Central Powers battled each other.5
149853383Schlieffen planAttack plan by Germans, proposed by Schlieffen, lightning quick attack against France. Proposed to go through Belgium then attack France, Belgium resisted, other countries took up their aid, long fight, used trench warfare.6
149853384Alfred Graf Von Schlieffenfield military official of Germany who tried to keep U.S out of WWI, proposes league of nations7
149853385trench warfarewar from inside trenches enemies would try killing eachother with machine guns and tanks, and poison gas8
149853386eastern frontIn WWI, the region along the German-Russian Border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks.9
149853387military aviationaircraft flown by a nations air force and other braches of its military10
149853388total warthe channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort11
149853389unrestricted submarine warfareA policy that the Germans announced on January 1917 which stated that their submarines would sink any ship in the British waters12
149853390rationinga limited portion or allowance of food or goods; limitation of use13
149853391propagandainformation that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause14
149853392Armisticea state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms15
149853393Woodrow Wilson28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership, created Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act, progressive income tax, lower tariffs, women's suffrage (reluctantly), Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification), won Nobel Peace Prize16
149853394Fourteen Pointsthe war aims outlined by President Wilson in 1918, which he believed would promote lasting peace; called for self-determination, freedom of the seas, free trade, end to secret agreements, reduction of arms and a league of nations17
149853395Self-determinationthe ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will18
149853396Treaty of Versaillesthe treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans19
149853397League of Nationsan international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations20

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