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Nationalism
is a patriot feeling.
Chancellor Otto von Bismarck
was a prince of Bismarck.
Kaiser Wilhelm I
was the king of Prussia.
Militarism
is a desire to stay a strong military.
Alsace – Lorraine
was a territory created by the german empire.
Arch Duke Ferdinand
was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia.
Gavrilo Princip
was a member of Young Bosnia.
Mobilize
prepare and organize troops for active service.
Central Powers
consist of important allied powers.
Allied Powers
were the countries that opposed the Central Powers in the First World War.
Trench warfare
is using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of trenches.
Stalemate
is a position of the pieces in which a player cannot move any piece except the king and cannot move the king without putting it in check.
U-Boats
is a submarine.
Neutral
is not helping or supporting either side in a conflict.
Lusitania
was a British ocean liner that a German submarine sank.
William Jennings Bryan
was an American orator and politician from Nebraska
Woodrow Wilson
was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th President.
Sussex pledge
was a promise made by Germany to the United States.
Zimmermann note
was a secret diplomatic communication.
Committee on Public Information (CPI)
was an independent agency of the government.
Espionage
the practice of spying or of using spies.
Sedition
conduct or speech inciting people to rebel.
Selective Service Act
authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry.
Liberty Bonds
was a war bond that was sold in the United States to support the allied cause.
Jane Addams
was a leader in women’s suffrage and world peace.
Jeanette Rankin
was the first woman to hold national office in the United States.
National War Labor Board
was the expeditionary force of the United States Army during World War I.
General John J. Pershing
was a senior United States Army officer, most famous as the commander of the American Expeditionary Force on the Western Front in World War I.
Bolsheviks
was member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party.
Communist
is a person who supports or believes in the principles of communism.
Vladimir Lenin
was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist.
Ferdinand Foch
was a military theorist and the Supreme Allied Commander during the First World War.
Alvin York
was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I.
Harlem Hellfighters
was an infantry regiment of the United States Army National Guard during World War I and World War II.
Strategy
the art of planning and directing overall military operations and movements in a war or battle.
Kaiser Wilhelm II
was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia.
Armistice
is a truce.
Influenza
A common viral infection that can be deadly, especially in high-risk groups.
Fourteen Points
was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
League of Nations
was an international organization.
Paris Peace Conference
was the meeting of the Allied victors.
Big Four
was composed of Woodrow Wilson of the United States.
Reparations
was the idea that some form of compensatory payment needs to be made to the descendants of Africans.
Treaty of Versailles
was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end.
Henry Cabot Lodge
was an American Republican Senator and historian from Massachusetts.
Arms Race
is a competition between two or more parties/groups to have the best armed forces.
Alliance
is a treaty.
