5/4/23 Test Flashcards
people of a common nation who don’t want any foreign rule in their country (Pride in one’s nation)
Nationalism
policy of building up storng armed forces in order to prepare for war
militarism
uses threats and violence to promote a cause
terrorist
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire joined to fight the Allied Powers
central powers
Great Britain, France, Russia joined to fight the Allied Powers
allied powers
war combat in which soldiers are located in ditches dug into the ground
trench warfare
not taking sides in a conflict
neutral
information designed to influence someone’s opinion
propaganda
german submarines that threatened to attack anyone in what they declared a War Zone
u boat
a British passenger ship that gets torpedoed off of the coast of Ireland by a German U-Boat
Lusitania
a deadlock where no progress is made in a war
Stalemate
The heir to the throne of Austria-hungry who was assassinated on June 28th 1914 by Princip a member of a terrorist group called the Black hand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The emperor of Germany who declared war on Russia on August 1st 1914 in defense of their ally Austria hungry call
Kaiser Wilhelm
plan to go after France first, Russia next, and then Great Britain issued by the general staff of Germany
Schlieffen Plan
A bloody battle in Northeast France from February to December where$150,000 French and German soldiers died
Battle of Verdun
Northern France allies only game about 7 miles
Battle of Somme
Germany promises to one neutral and passenger ships before attacking to keep the US out of World War I
Sussex Pledge
A person who tries to stir up a war
warmonger
Told the Mexican minister to attack the United States if they declared war on Germany and they would return their lost provinces
Zimmerman Telegram
A law passed by Congress in 1917 that required all men from ages 21 to 30 to register for the military draft it was later changed to 18 to 45
Selective Service Act
Unable to read or write
illiterate
A system of managing government through the departments run by appointed officials
Bureaucracy
A bond sold by the United States government to raise money for World War I that raised 21 billion dollars
Liberty bonds
People who refuse to fight in any war because they believe that it was wrong Sometimes for religious reasons
Pacifists
An economic system in which individuals on personal property but the public owns the means of production such as factories and natural resources
Socialism
Set up to make sure War Materials were made to solve problems between labor unions and prevent strikes
National war labor board
He was put in charge of the food administration
Herbert Hoover
helped convert factory so they could produce war products
War industry board
Headed by journalist named George Creel to persuade Americans that war was needed in order to preserve democracy and the world
Committee on public info
A time between 1914 and 1920 went about 500,000 African Americans left the south and migrated up to the north for jobs
Great Migration
American forces in World War I led by General John J Pershing in France
American Expeditionary Forces
A hard-fought battle American victory over the Germans and France in June of 1918 it lasted 3 weeks
Battle of Belleau Wood
the defeat of the Germans by French and American trips and France in October of 1918 It was the final major battle of the war
Battle of Argonne Forest
An agreement to stop fighting and bring peace talks
Armistice
The rapid spread of a contagious disease
Epidemic
He set up the AEF and fought at the bloody battle of Chateau Thierry
General John J Pershing
A party of the Russian government who led a the Russian Revolution that was led by Vladimir Lenin
Bolsheviks
He led the Bolsheviks through the Russian Revolution following Karl Marx’s principles
Vladimir Lenin
A treaty that said Russia didn’t have to fight Germany if they gave them the Poland and the Ukraine
Treaty of Brest - Litovsk
A bloody battle in France where the Americans push the Germans across the Marne River
Chateau Thierry
Set up by President Wilson after World War II to prevent another world war
The 14 points
The right of national groups to have their own territory and forms of government
Self-determination
An association of nations formed after World War I under Wilson’s 14 points plan it was a peacekeeping organization
League of Nations
A cash payment made by a defeated nation to a victorious nation to pay for losses suffered during a war
Reparations
The treaty sign on June 28th 1919 by Germany and the allies It formally placed the responsibility for World War 1 on Germany and its allies ended WWI
Treaty of Versailles
And authorization granted to a member of the League of Nations to govern a former German or Turkish colony
Mandate
A Republican from Massachusetts who called for changes in the Treaty of Versailles and the 14 points He did not want the United States to be obligated to fight in another nation’s war
Henry Cabot Lodge
The U.S. president of the big four who established the 14 points
Woodrow Wilson
The Prime Minister of Great Britain was a part of the big Four
Lloyd George
The Prime Minister of France who was a part of the big four
Clemenceau
The premiere of Italy who was a part of the big 4
Vittorio Orlando
