Vocabulary Review for the Unit on World War 1
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| 699173389 | Lusitania | British passenger ship sunk by a German U-Boat - 1200 people died including 128 Americans | |
| 699173390 | Zimmerman Note | German telegram sent to Mexico proposing an alliance- stated that Germany would help Mexico reconquer the lose territory of New Mexico | |
| 699173391 | Selective Service Act | Required men 21-30 to register to be drafted into the armed services | |
| 699173392 | Fourteen Points | Wilsons ideals after war, freedom of ships on the seas, smaller armies, end of secret agreements between nations | |
| 699173393 | Liberty Bonds | Money from the sale of these provided loans to the Allies to buy food and war supplies | |
| 699173394 | Armistice | Truce that ended the war- 11th hour, 11th day, 11th month of 1918(Veterans Day) | |
| 699173395 | Wilhelm II | German leader who thought Germany could get though Belgium to get to France before Russia could mobilize their troops and the war would be over in 6 months | |
| 699173396 | Allies | Britain, France, and Russia- Later joined by Italy | |
| 699173397 | Mobilize | To prepare military for war | |
| 699173398 | Schlieffen Plan | Germanys plan for a fast attack on France then an attack on Russia(Belgium slowed them down) | |
| 699173399 | Triple Entente | France, Britain, Russia's alliance | |
| 699173400 | No-man's land | Area between opposing trenches | |
| 699173401 | U-boats | submarines, were the worlds largest and most advanced, causing heavy losses to Allied shipping | |
| 699173402 | Stalemate | neither side can win a clear victory | |
| 699173403 | 3 new weapons used to fight in the trenches | Airplanes, poison gas, machine guns, and tanks | |
| 699173404 | Propaganda | posters created to encourage Americans to support the war | |
| 699173405 | Underlying causes of WWI | militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism | |
| 699173406 | Treaty of Versailles | Final peace settlement of World War I (harsh on Germany) | |
| 699173407 | Dough Boys | American foot soldiers | |
| 699173408 | Victory Garden | a kitchen garden planted during wartime to relieve food shortages | |
| 699173409 | Franz Ferdinand | heir to throne in Austria who was assassinated by a Serb nation alisted(started war) | |
| 699173410 | Central Powers | Austria-Hungray, Germany, joined later by Bulgaria and Ottoman Empire | |
| 699173411 | Nicholas II | Russian czar who hesitated to mobilize troops after Austria-Hungray declared war on Serbia | |
| 699173412 | Treaty of Brest- Livtovsk | Peace treaty to keep Russia out of the war | |
| 699173413 | Triple Alliance | Germany, Austria-Hungray alliance later joined by Italy | |
| 699173414 | League of Nations | Organization of nations formed to settle international disputes and maintain peace (failed - US did not join, no military force) | |
| 699173415 | Trench Warfare | French + German armies built protective ditches- they dug simple holes or complex networks with rooms for sleeping and eating | |
| 699173417 | Militarism | the building up of military forces or strong influence of military values on a society | |
| 699173419 | Balance of power | a situation in which the strength of rival alliances is nearly equal | |
| 699173421 | Sedition Act of 1918 | made it illegal for Americans to speak disloyally about the U.S. goverment | |
| 699173423 | Communists | people who seek the equal distribution of wealth and an end to all forms of private property | |
| 699173425 | an armistance | a truce | |
| 699173427 | self-determination | the right of people to decide their own political status | |
| 699173430 | Reparations | payments for damages and expenses caused by the war | |
| 699173433 | Woodrow Wilson | President of the United States during World War I |
