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| 11687855120 | Militarism | A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war | 0 | |
| 11687856751 | Alliances | agreements between nations to aid and protect one another | 1 | |
| 11687858910 | Imperialism | A policy of extending a country's power and influence by taking over other territories | 2 | |
| 11687862262 | Nationalism | Intense pride in nation, race, or ethnic group. | 3 | |
| 11687893214 | Triple Alliance | An alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in the years before WWI. | 4 | |
| 11687894668 | Triple Entente | An alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia in the years before WWI. | 5 | |
| 11687901315 | Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand | This was the spark that started World War I. Archduke Ferdinand, the Austrian crown prince, was murdered on June 28, 1914, by a Serbian nationalist while visiting Sarajevo, Bosnia. | 6 | |
| 11687911850 | Start of World War I | Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia on July 28, 1914. | 7 | |
| 11687917768 | Allied Powers (WWI) | Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States | 8 | |
| 11687921554 | Central Powers | Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria. | 9 | |
| 11687928446 | U.S. Foreign Policy at start of WWI | US took isolationist policy as they saw it as a European conflict and was made up of immigrants from both sides. | 10 | |
| 11687946448 | Kaiser Wilhelm II | Emperor of Germany during World War I | 11 | |
| 11687948852 | Western Front of WWI | Trench Warfare, small land gains, and ended in a bloody stalemate. Germany vs. Britain, France, & eventually the US. | 12 | |
| 11687960456 | Germany's Invasion of Belgium | Crystallized American's opinion against Germany and caused them to support Allies. | 13 | |
| 11687970671 | Unrestricted Submarine Warfare | Germany's Policy of sinking ships with their U-boats, enemy or neutral, that carry war material | 14 | |
| 11687975910 | Lusitania | A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war (long term cause) | 15 | |
| 11687979805 | Sussex Pledge | A promise Germany made to America, after Wilson threatened to sever ties, to stop sinking their ships without warning. | 16 | |
| 11687981349 | Zimmerman Note | 1917 - Germany sent this to Mexico instructing an ambassador to convince Mexico to go to war with the U.S. It was intercepted and caused the U.S. to mobilized against Germany, which had proven it was hostile (caused US entry into WWI) | 17 | |
| 11687988736 | Committee on Public Information (CPI) | Government agency created during World War I to encourage Americans to support the war. Created wartime propaganda. | 18 | |
| 11687998285 | Espionage Act | a law passed by Congress in 1917 to make it illegal to spy, interfere with government foreign policy, or resist the military draft | 19 | |
| 11688003620 | Sedition Act | 1918 law that made it illegal to criticize the government, war, or America. | 20 | |
| 11688008989 | Selective Service Act | Law passed by Congress in 1917 that required all men from ages 21 to 30 to register for the military draft | 21 | |
| 11688018328 | African Americans World War I | Served in segregated units during WWI. | 22 | |
| 11688026088 | Great Migration | movement of African Americans from the South to North for jobs and to escape racism during WWI. | 23 | |
| 11688037657 | Women during World War I | Worked in clerical jobs at government agencies; served as Red Cross nurses in Europe; worked in war industries factories | 24 | |
| 11688044729 | Food Administration | This government agency was headed by Herbert Hoover and was established to increase the production of food and ration food for the military. | 25 | |
| 11688047362 | Victory Gardens | Backyard gardens; Americans were encouraged to grow their own vegetables to support the war effort | 26 | |
| 11688049559 | Meatless Mondays and Wheatless Wednesdays | These two days were set aside by Hoover, encouraging people to avoid consuming wheat and meat during the war | 27 | |
| 11688055215 | How US paid for World War I | Through raising income taxes and sale of liberty bonds | 28 | |
| 11688058468 | Liberty Bonds | American citizens were lending money to the government to pay for the war through the purchase of bonds | 29 | |
| 11688071931 | conscientious objector | Person who refuses to enter the military or bear arms due to moral or religious reasons | 30 | |
| 11688091077 | US Crackdown on dissent during WWI | Espionage and Sedition Acts. Schenck v. U.S. ruled that sometimes public order trumps free speech. | 31 | |
| 11688100262 | Prejudice during WWI | Stopped teaching German in schools. Anti-propaganda. Banned German music. Renamed German items. Harassment and even killings. | 32 | |
| 11688106621 | Opportunities for women and minorities during WWI | African-Americans Great Migration from rural south to industrial north. Women filled jobs vacated. Also helped them gain the right to vote. Many Mexicans came to fill agricultural jobs during war. | 33 | |
| 11688109467 | Vladimir Lenin | Leader of communist revolution in Russia during WWI | 34 | |
| 11688114690 | John J. Pershing | Commander of American Expeditionary Force in Europe during WWI. | 35 | |
| 11688122823 | Alvin York | American war hero during WWI | 36 | |
| 11688129635 | Self-determination | the right of people to choose their own form of government | 37 | |
| 11688148097 | Why Allied leaders rejected Wilson's ideas at Paris Peace Conference | They needed clear victory and to punish Germany. They didn't want to give up territory. | 38 | |
| 11688152488 | Problems with Peace after WWI | No self determination. Some Germans found themselves in non-German nations. Ethnic groups were randomly clustered in the Middle East. British controlled some of the territories as well. | 39 | |
| 11688160056 | Irreconcilables | Those senators who opposed any treaty with League of Nations | 40 | |
| 11688166910 | Reservationists | Those who opposed treaty as written. Some wanted small changes, others bigger. | 41 | |
| 11688169997 | Influenza Epidemic of 1918 | largely overlooked because of war, killed 550,000 Americans, 50-100 million died worldwide. Started in US. | 42 | |
| 11688187542 | inflation and labor unrest after WWI | Industrial workers found they couldn't buy as much with their wages with rising prices. 20% of workforce went on strike in 1919. | 43 | |
| 11688200948 | Warren G. Harding | Republican who won presidency in 1920. Seen as American rejection of Wilson's League of Nations. | 44 | |
| 11688207492 | Winners and Losers of WWI | No more Austria-Hungary or Ottoman Empire. Britain and France won, but were weakened economically and politically. U.S. came out of the war strong and leader of the new world order. | 45 | |
| 11688257559 | New Technology of WWI | machine guns, tanks, planes, poison gas, gas masks | 46 | |
| 11688262934 | Trench Warfare on the Western Front | Miles of Trenches where troops would be stationed for weeks at a time with little forward advance. | 47 | |
| 11688271348 | No Man's Land | Territory between rival Trenches, very dangerous | 48 | |
| 11688287227 | Allied state of war effort when US entered in 1917 | Bad! Germany occupied Belgium and part of France. Russia was about to drop out due to civil war. | 49 | |
| 11688300056 | Germany's last offensive in WWI | Second Battle of Marne | 50 | |
| 11688306429 | End of WWI | Armistice (ceasefire) signed on November 11, 1918. | 51 | |
| 11688326018 | Germany concessions at end of WWI | Kaiser Wilhelm had to abandon the throne, Germany had to give up occupied territory, & war equipment. | 52 | |
| 11688334994 | Wilson's Fourteen Points | This is the plan for post-World War I outlined by President Wilson in 1918. This plan called for self-determination (countries in Africa and Asia govern themselves), freedom of the seas, free trade, end to secret agreements, reduction of arms and a league of nations. | 53 | |
| 11688340128 | League of Nations | An organization of nations formed after World War I to promote cooperation and peace. | 54 | |
| 11688342653 | Paris Peace Conference | The peace conference that decided the terms of WWI peace and Treaty of Versailles. | 55 | |
| 11688344581 | Big Four (Paris Peace Conference) | US, France, Britain, Italy | 56 | |
| 11688356283 | Allied Powers treatment of Central Powers in Treaty of Versailles | Germany was treated harshly. Land taken in Asia and Africa. Had to pay war reparations (cost of war) for Allied Powers. | 57 | |
| 11688368839 | Treaty of Versailles | Treaty that ended WWI. It blamed Germany for WWI and handed down harsh punishment. | 58 | |
| 11688378166 | Senate opinion of Treaty of Versailles | Republicans in Senate were isolationists and opposed to League of Nations in Treaty. | 59 | |
| 11688387290 | Result of Treaty of Versailles in US | Republicans made changes to Treaty, Wilson didn't like changes & told Democrats to reject, Treaty was NOT ratified. US did NOT join League of Nations. | 60 |
