Module 16 Flashcards
Nationalism
A devotion to the interests and cultures of one’s nation
Militarism
Building up armed forces to prepare for war
Allies
One side of World War I: Britain France, and Russia, later joined by the U.S.
Central Powers
One side in World War I: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire
Balance of Power
Act of giving two different sides equal strength or power
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Young her whose assassination triggered World War I
Trench Warfare
Fighting between fortified ditches
“No man’s land”
The space between armies fighting each other
Lusitania
British passenger ship attacked and sunk by Germans
Sussex Pledge
A promise by the Germans not to sink vessels without warning
Zimmerman note
Message proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico
Selective Service Act
Law requiring men to register for military service
Convoy System
Having Merchant ships travel in groups protected by warships
American Expeditionary Force
The name given to the American military force that fought in World War I
John J. Pershing
The commander of the American Expeditionary Force
Eddie Richenbacker
Famous American fighter pilot
Alvin York
American war hero
Conscientious objector
A person who believes fighting is wrong and therefore does not want to fight in the military
Armistice
Trice agreement
War industries Board
Agency to improve efficiently in war - related industries
Bernard M. Baruch
Leader of the War Industries Board
Committee on Public Information
A government agency established during World War I that used communication to influence people’s thoughts and actions.
Propaganda
A kind of biased communication designed to influence people’s thoughts and actions
George Creel
Head of the Committee on Public Information
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Laws that enacted harsh penalties against anyone opposing U.S. participation in World War I
Great Migration
Movement of many African Americans to northern cities from the South in the early 1900’s
Fourteen Points
Wilson’s plan for world peace following WWI
Self determination
The right of people to choose their own political status
League of Nations
A international peacekeeping organization proposed by Wilson and founded in 1920
Georges Clemenceau
French premier
David Lloyd George
British prime minister
Treaty of Versailles
The 1919 treaty that ended WWI
War-guilt clause
Party of the Treaty of Versailles in which Germany took responsibility for the war
Henry Cabot Lodge
Conservative senator who wanted to keep the United States out of the League of Nations
