Ch. 20 Flashcards
Woodrow Wilson’s peace plan after World War I
Fourteen points
post-World War I international organization that sought to guarantee international cooperation and to achieve international peace and security
League of Nations
make ready troops
Mobilize
payments for war damages
Reparations
Germany’s plan for a two-front war
Schlieffen plan
situation in which both sides are at a standstill
Stalemate
war that affects those in the battlefield and those at home
Total war
treaty between Russia and Germany after the Russian Revolution; pulled Russia out of World War I
Treaty of Brest-Litovisk
treaty between Germany and the Al- lied Powers of World War I; included the war guil t cl aus e, which demanded that Germany pay repar ations
Treaty of Versailles
unterseeboot; German submarine
U-boat
clause in the Treaty of Ver s ail l es that placed the blame for World War I on the Germans
War guilt Clause
long, slender airships similar to modern blimps
Zeppelins
war in which each side tried to gradually wear the other down
Attrition