These terms are a mix of Key Content and Social Studies terms that will help students review chapters 22-24 of the TCI: History Alive Curriculm
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| 1113439016 | Central Powers | One of two alliances during World War I which featured nations like Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. | 0 | |
| 1113439017 | Allied Powers | One of two alliances during World War I which featured nations like France, Great Britain and Russia. | 1 | |
| 1113439018 | nationalism | a strong feeling of pride in and loyalty to a nation or ethnic group | 2 | |
| 1113439019 | militarism | a policy of glorifying military power and values which led to a huge build up of arms prior to World War I | 3 | |
| 1113439020 | belligerent | warring | 4 | |
| 1113439021 | stalemate | deadlock | 5 | |
| 1113439022 | U-boat | unterseeboot or undersea boat; the German Navy's first submarine. | 6 | |
| 1113439023 | Lusitania | A British liner which was sunk on May 7, 1915 which resulted in the deaths of 128 Americans and created tension between Germany and the US. | 7 | |
| 1113439024 | unrestricted submarine warfare | During World War I, a German military policy of staging submarine attacks on Allied and neutral nations' unarmed ocean liners without advance warning | 8 | |
| 1113439025 | Sussex pledge | (1916) Germany's pledge to the US to spare all lives in future U-boat attacks on merchant ships. | 9 | |
| 1113439026 | preparedness movement | Beginning in 1915, before U.S. entry into World War I, a movement led by former president Theodore Roosevelt that called on the government to increase U.S. military strength and convince Americans of the need for U.S. involvement in the war. | 10 | |
| 1113439027 | propaganda | Information or rumors spread by a group or government to promote its cause or ideas or to damage an opposing cause or idea. The information is meant to persuade others to adopt the view. | 11 | |
| 1113439028 | Zimmerman note | During World War I, a coded telegram that German foreign minister sent to the German minister in Mexico proposing that if the United States entered the war, Mexico and Germany should become allies; it helped influence the United States to declare war on Germany five weeks later. | 12 | |
| 1113439029 | Selective Service Act (1917) | a law passed by Congress in 1917 to create a national draft, requiring all men ages 21-30 to register for military service. | 13 | |
| 1113439030 | American Expeditionary Force (AEF) | in World War I, the first U.S. military force to be deployed to France nicknamed the "doughboys" | 14 | |
| 1113439031 | Infantry | soldiers who fight on foot | 15 | |
| 1113439032 | 369th Regiment | in World War I, an African American regiment of the U.S. Army nicknamed the "Hell Fighters" who earned France's highest military honors for active combat. | 16 | |
| 1113439033 | combatants | soldiers physically fighting the war. | 17 | |
| 1113439034 | howitzers | a type of cannon known for its large size | 18 | |
| 1113439035 | machine gun | rapid firing weapon, the first truly automatic gun. first introduced during World War I | 19 | |
| 1113439036 | chemical weapons | weapons which utilize toxic agents such as poison gas to kill or harm large groups of people. One of the deadliest types used during World War I was mustard gas. | 20 | |
| 1113439037 | battleship | the largest and most heavily armored type of warship | 21 | |
| 1113439038 | convoy | a group of vessels or vehicles that travel together, often under the protection of an armed escort | 22 | |
| 1113439039 | Meuse-Argonne Offensive | in World War I, the final Allied offensive that brought about the end of the war | 23 | |
| 1113439040 | mobilize | to organize people or resources for action, such as war | 24 | |
| 1113439041 | pacifists | people who for political, moral, or religious reasons oppose all forms of war. | 25 | |
| 1113439042 | Women's Peace Party | formed at a 1915 Washington D.C. conference by women like Jane Addams who believed that progressive social reforms would help eliminate the economic causes of war. | 26 | |
| 1113439043 | conscientious objectors | someone who opposes war for religious or moral reasons and therefore refuses to serve in the armed forces. | 27 | |
| 1113439044 | Committee on Public Information (CPI) | a government propaganda agency created to help "sell" US involvement in World War I to the American public. | 28 | |
| 1113439045 | Four Minute Men | men in cities and towns recruited by CPI officials to make short, four minute speeches at various civic and social places. | 29 | |
| 1113439046 | Bond | a certificate issued by a government or company that promises to pay back the money borrowed at a fixed rate of interest on a specific date. | 30 | |
| 1113439047 | Liberty bonds | a government-issued bond sold during World War I to raise money for the Allied war effort | 31 | |
| 1113439048 | War Industries Board (WIB) | a government agency created to coordinate the work of government agencies and industry groups to make sure supplies and equipment were delivered to the military. | 32 | |
| 1113439049 | Great Migration (1916-1918) | beginning during World War I, the mass movement of millions of African Americans from the rural South to cities in the North and Midwest in order to take jobs in industry | 33 | |
| 1113439050 | espionage | the use of spying to gather information | 34 | |
| 1113439051 | Espionage Act of 1917 | a law passed by Congress in 1917 to make it illegal to spy, interfere with government foreign policy, or resist the military draft | 35 | |
| 1113439052 | sedition | behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the government | 36 | |
| 1113439053 | Sedition Act of 1918 | a law passed by Congress in 1918 to make it illegal to say anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort | 37 | |
| 1113439054 | Wobblies | a nickname for members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), an anticapitalist labor organization founded in 1905 | 38 | |
| 1113439055 | Schenck v. United States | a case involving the Espionage Act, Charles Schenck, a socialist, was charged with distributing leaflets to recent draftees urging them to resist the draft. The Supreme Court ruled against Schenck calling his actions a "clear and present danger." | 39 | |
| 1113439056 | symbolic speech | conduct that conveys a message without spoken words | 40 | |
| 1113439057 | armament | a weapon or piece of equipment used in war | 41 | |
| 1113439058 | Big Four | nickname for leaders of the four victorious nations- US. President Woodrow Wilson, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, and Italian Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando | 42 | |
| 1113439059 | collective security | a system in which a group of countries commit to jointly dealing with a nation that threatens the peace/security of any one of the countries. | 43 | |
| 1113439060 | Fourteen Points | at the end of WWI, a 14 part plan for peace presented by President Wilson to Congress on 1/8/1918 | 44 | |
| 1113439061 | freedom of the seas | the principle that merchant ships have a right to travel freely and unthreatened in international waters in times of peace and war. | 45 | |
| 1113439062 | internationalist | at the close of WWI, one the democratic senators who strongly supported the Treaty of Versailles | 46 | |
| 1113439063 | irreconcilable | at the close of WWI, 1 of 16 Republican senators who opposed the Treaty of Versailles | 47 | |
| 1113439064 | League of Nations | an international organization established by the Allied powers at the close of WWI to promote international peace and security | 48 | |
| 1113439065 | mandates | the former colonies given over by the League of Nations to France and Britain to administer | 49 | |
| 1113439066 | partisanship | rivalry between political parties based on strong disagreement about political principles | 50 | |
| 1113439067 | reparation | a payment demanded of a nation defeated in war by a victorious nation. | 51 | |
| 1113439068 | reservationist | Republican senators who agreed to approve the Treaty of Versailles if changes were made to it | 52 | |
| 1113439069 | territorial integrity | a diplomatic principle in which nations respect one another's borders and do not try to gain one another's territory by force | 53 | |
| 1113439070 | Treaty of Versailles | a peace treaty signed the Allied powers and Germany at the Paris peace conference at the Palace of Versailles. | 54 | |
| 1113439071 | war-guilt clause | a clause in the Treaty of Versailles that held Germany responsible for WWI and required the payment of reparations to the Allied nations. | 55 |
