12/16 Flashcards
Triple Alliance
Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary
Triple Entente
Britain, France, and Russia
Militarism
the aggressive build up of armed forces to intimidate and threaten other nations
Self-Determination
the idea that people who share a national identity should have their own country and gov.
Propaganda
information designed to influence opinion
Contraband
prohibited materials
Sussex Pledge
no more sinking of US merchant ships, keep US out of war a little longer
Zimmerman Telegram
Aruthor Zimmerman, offer to Mexico, regain sw us
Battle of Marne
doesn’t involve the US
Battle of Argone Forest
9/26/1918
- Largest attack in American history
-Heavy German losses, Allies push through German lives
-11th hour, 11/11/1918, Germans sign armistics (ceasefire)
War Industries Board
coordinated what could or couldn’t be produced
Victory Gardens
raise own crops
National War Labor Board
-Prevent strikes, mandate labor disputes
-Pressure industry to offer 8-10hr work day, wages up, collective bargaining
-Women fill jobs men held, African American’s move from South to cities to fill jobs - “Great Migration”
Food Administration
(Herbert Hoover) - save food (Meatless Tuesday), victory gardens - raise their own crops
Committee on Public Information
(George Creel) “four minute” speeches to support war
Espionage Act of 1917
illegal to aid enemy give false reports or interfere w/ the war effect
Sedition Act of 1918
public acts against war illegal
Schenck v. United States
gov. CAN restrict speech “clear and present danger”
Red Scare
nationwide panic over communism b/c of strikes
Treaty of Versailles
Wilson’s plan to liniment towards Germany
Trench Warfare
-Modern weaponry
-Rifles, rapid fire machine gun (most deaths)
-“no mans land”
-Artillery barrages
Modern Weapons in WWI
rifles, rapid-fire machine gun, tanles, artillery, mustard gas
Doughboys
inexperienced but fresh soldiers
Events Leading Up to WWI
alliances being formed, assassination of Archduke, sinking of Lusitania, Zimmerman telegram, unrestricted Sumerian warfare resuming
