Militarism and Alliances Flashcards
Common interest in opposing Germany and Austria-Hungary led Russia and France to sign the ______
Franco-Russian Alliance
Policy of aggressive military preparedness
Militarism
Friendly understanding
Entente cordiale
Who were the Triple Entente?
Britain, France, and Russia
Germany singled alliances with Italy and with Austria-Hungary
Triple Alliance
A feeling of intense pride in one’s homeland
Nationalism
The idea that those who share a national identity should have their own country and government
Self-determination
What did self-determination lead to in southeastern Europe?
The Balkan Crisis
Who were the first to gain independence?
The Serbs; Serbia
Who was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Who shot Franz and his wife?
Princip
What secret society was Princip apart of?
Black Hand
Who did Austria-Hungary declare war on?
Serbia
Who did Germany declare war on?
Russia and France
Who did the British government promise to protect who was neutral?
Belgium
Those fighting for the Triple Entente were called the ___
Allies
Who joined the Allies after being promised control of Austro-Hungarian territory after the war?
Italy
Germany and Austria-Hungary joined with the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria to form the ___
Central Powers
What was established to prevent strikes from disrupting the war effort?
National War Labor Board
Who sent agents to the south to recruit blacks?
Henry Ford
Massive population movement
Great Migration
Wilson created the _______to “sell” the war to American people
Committee on Public Information (CPI)
Who led the CPI?
George Creel
_____ made it illegal to aid the enemy, give false reports, or interfere with the war effort.
Espionage Act of 1917
____ made it illegal to speak against the war publicly
Sedition Act of 1918
_____required all men between 21 and 30 to register for the draft
Selective Service Act of 1917
____ randomly determined the order in which they were called before a local draft board in charge of selecting or exempting people from military service
Lottery
What infantry divisions fought in bitter battles along the Western Front?
African American 92nd and 93rd
The ___ authorized the enlistment of women to meet its clerical needs
Navy
What rank were women in the navy?
Yeoman
What was the name for nurses’ program?
Army Nurse Corps
Goods who importation, exportation, or possession are illegal
Contraband
What boat did U-boat sink that had 128 Americans on it?
The Lusitania
What French boat did the U-boat sink?
The Sussex
What was Wilson’s campaign slogan?
“He kept us out of war”
When did Wilson ask congress to declare war?
April 2, 1917
What did British intelligence intercept on its way to Mexico?
The Zimmerman Telegram
What coordinated the production of war materials?
War Industries Board
Who led the food administration program?
Herbert Hoover
What managed the use of coal and oil?
The food administration program
Who cut the transatlantic telegraph cable?
British
How were most people killed in the war?
Artillery fire
Where did the trenches stretch from?
The english channel to the swiss border
What was used to guard against the enemy?
Barbed wire and the machine gun
What did the Germans first use?
Poison gas
Who proposed that merchant ships and troops travel in groups called convoys?
William S. Sims
Who were the “doughboys”?
A combat pilot who was inexperienced, fresh, and eager to fight
What treaty would give Russia Ukraine, its Polish and Baltic territories, and Finland?
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Agreement to stop fighting
Armistice
What was President Wilson’s peace plan?
Fourteen Points
What did the 14th point call for the creation of ?
League of nations
Who were the “Big Four”?
Wilson, Brit David Lloyd George, French George Clemenceau, and Italian Vittorio Orlando
Treaty that specifically blamed “the aggression of Germany”
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty that ended the war with Austria-hungary
Treaty of Saint-Germain
Strike that involves all workers in a community
General Strike
