WW1 Flashcards
words that relate to WW1
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| 575209071 | Central Powers | Military alliance during WW1 consisting of Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire | 0 | |
| 575209072 | U-Boat | German Submarine | 1 | |
| 575209073 | Lusitania | British passenger liner sunk by German U-boat | 2 | |
| 575213423 | New Weapons | Tanks, poison gas, airplanes, machine guns | 3 | |
| 575213424 | Women's roles | Took over jobs of men at war; volunteered at war hospitals | 4 | |
| 575213425 | Armistice | Was signed Nov. 11, 1918 at 11am to cease fire | 5 | |
| 576438324 | Labor Problems | Due to the draft there was a lack of European immigration and the union struck short of labor | 6 | |
| 576438325 | David Loyd George | British Prime minister that didn't show generosity toward Germans or give up navel supremacy against Wilson's plan | 7 | |
| 576438326 | Selective Service Act | 1917 required men from 21 to 30 to register with the local draft boards in hope to bring together different backrounds | 8 | |
| 576438327 | Battle of Marne | Marked the first turning point in the war, Germany lost a quick victory | 9 | |
| 576438328 | Treaty of Versailles | Ended WW1, German colonies and the Ottoman Empire divided among allied nations as specific in spoils of war treaty; creation of league of nations | 10 | |
| 580707519 | Imperialism | Building empires by imposing political and economic control over peoples around the world | 11 | |
| 580707520 | Isolationism | Avoiding involvement in other country affairs | 12 | |
| 580707521 | Militarism | The glorification of the military | 13 | |
| 580707522 | Trench Warfare | Soldiers fire on one another from opposing lines of dugout trenches | 14 | |
| 580707523 | Alliance System | Germany formed an alliance with Austria-Hungary | 15 | |
| 580707524 | Archeduke Franz Ferdinand | Heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne | 16 | |
| 580707525 | War Spark | Austria-Hungary accused government of Serbia of supporting terrorism | 17 | |
| 580707526 | June 28, 1914 | Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia | 18 | |
| 580707527 | August 1,1914 | Germany declares war on Russia | 19 | |
| 580707528 | August 4, 1914 | Great Britain declares war on Germany | 20 | |
| 580707529 | Propaganda | The spread of information designed to win support for a cause | 21 | |
| 580707530 | Technology | Made war more lethal | 22 | |
| 580707531 | 140 Nations | Agreed to ban the use of chemical weapons in war in 1925 | 23 | |
| 580707532 | Woodrow Wilson | Tried to keep the US out of the war and issued the proclamation of strict and impartial neutrality | 24 |