Terms To Know Flashcards
War of attrition
A military strategy consisting of wearing down the enemy by continual losses in people and material
Armistice
Agreement to stop fighting(11/11/11)
Stalemate
Deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other
Reparations
Payments for war damage
Total war
All people and resources are devoted to the war effort
Alliance
Agreements or promises to defend and help another country
Nationalism
Having pride in your country, willing to defend it
Imperialism
Trying to build an empire
Fourteen points
Peace plan by President Wilson that called for the League of Nations
Russian revolution
What ended the Russians involvement in the war
Treaty of Versailles
Peace agreement signed between Germany and the Allies
Convoys
A group of (merchant) ships/vehicles travelling together, protected by warships and other vehicles
Big four
Representatives from Britain, US, France, Italy, who wrote the treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Germany and Russia sign for peace, Russia leaves war
Schlieffen plan
Germany defeats France in 6 weeks, then attacks Russia.(plan fails)
No mans land
The stretch of land between the 2 opposing front-line trenches
Self-determination
Restored freedom to some lands and creation of other indie lands
League of Nations
International assembly of nations: goal to keep peace among nations
Militarism
Building up armed forces, getting ready for war
Triple Entente
Britain, France, Russia
Triple Alliance
German, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Lusitania
Sunk-128 Americans dead
Americans turned against Germans
Zimmerman telegram
Proposal to Mexico from Germany to attack US. Turned Americans against Germans
Wilson
US declares war April 2. 1917 on Germany
Conscription
Censorship of the press, the draft
Propaganda
Spreading of ideas to promote a cause or damage an opposing cause
Women
Worked in factories for men in battle
The Big four PEOPLE
Woodrow Wilson (USA)
George’s Clemenceau (France)
David Lloyd George (Britain)
Vitoria Orlando (Italy)
