History - ch. 13 Flashcards
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| 149853377 | Kaiser Wilhelm II | was 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 | |
| 149853378 | triple alliance | An alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in the years before WWI. | 1 | |
| 149853379 | triple entente | An alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia in the years before WWI. | 2 | |
| 149853380 | central powers | in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies | 3 | |
| 149853381 | allies | in 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 Powers | 4 | |
| 149853382 | western front | In WWI, the region of Northern France where the forces of the Allies and the Central Powers battled each other. | 5 | |
| 149853383 | Schlieffen plan | Attack 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 | |
| 149853384 | Alfred Graf Von Schlieffen | field military official of Germany who tried to keep U.S out of WWI, proposes league of nations | 7 | |
| 149853385 | trench warfare | war from inside trenches enemies would try killing eachother with machine guns and tanks, and poison gas | 8 | |
| 149853386 | eastern front | In WWI, the region along the German-Russian Border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks. | 9 | |
| 149853387 | military aviation | aircraft flown by a nations air force and other braches of its military | 10 | |
| 149853388 | total war | the channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort | 11 | |
| 149853389 | unrestricted submarine warfare | A policy that the Germans announced on January 1917 which stated that their submarines would sink any ship in the British waters | 12 | |
| 149853390 | rationing | a limited portion or allowance of food or goods; limitation of use | 13 | |
| 149853391 | propaganda | information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause | 14 | |
| 149853392 | Armistice | a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms | 15 | |
| 149853393 | Woodrow Wilson | 28th 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 Prize | 16 | |
| 149853394 | Fourteen Points | the 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 nations | 17 | |
| 149853395 | Self-determination | the ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will | 18 | |
| 149853396 | Treaty of Versailles | the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans | 19 | |
| 149853397 | League of Nations | an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations | 20 |