Chapter 19 Flashcards
Militarism
- Embraced by Germany, France, Russia
- Expensive because u are maintaining a large army
- glorification of the military
Francis Ferdinand
- Heir to Austrian-Hungarian throne (Arch-Duke)
- Killed along with his wife (starts WWI) by Serbs who wanted their freedom from Austria-Hungary
William II
- Kaiser of Germany
- Said Germany would stand by Austria-Hungary during war
Western Front
-battle front between the Allies and CentralPowers in western Europe during World War I
Casualty
-soldiers killed, wounded, and missing
Contraband
- supplies captured from an enemy duringwartime
- Germans justified sinking enemy ships by saying it had contraband
U-Boad
-German submarines that would torpedo ships
Lusitania
- British passenger liner sunk by a German U-boatduring World War I
- 100 americans aboard were killed
Zimmerman Note
- telegram written by German ForeignMinister Zimmermann proposing an alliance betweenGermany and Mexico against the United States duringWorld War I
- Said they would help Mexico get land back from Mexican-American war
- Intercepted by England, who gave it to USA Newspapers
Alsace-Loraine
- Province between Germany and France
- Controlled by Germany
Selective Service Act
- act passed by Congress in 1917authorizing a draft of men for military service
- 24 million people registered for the draft, only 5 million went
Bernard Baruch
- Wall Street broker
- Helped run food manufacturing during the war (WIB)
Committee on Public Information
- governmentagency created during World War I to encourageAmericans to support the war
- Educate Americans about the war
- Convince them that the war was a “just cause”
- Used propaganda, demonize enemy
George Creel
-Head of CPI
Conscientious Objectors
- person whose moral or religiousbeliefs forbid him or her to fight in wars
- Ex: Quakers
- Today: Physical disabilities