Unit 14 Vocab Flashcards
The policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war
Militarism
Germany Austria Hungary and Italy
Triple alliance
Selfish ruler during the war, forceful
Kaiser Wilhem II
France Russia and Britain
Triple Entente
Plan to fight France in the west and then Russia in the east
Schlieffen Plan
Germany and Austria Hungary
Central Powers
Great Britain France Russia
Allies
Deadlock region in northern France
Western Front
Soldiers fighting each other from trenches
Trench warfare
Stretch of battlefield along the German and Russian borders
Eastern Front
Sinking without any warning
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Devoting all your resources and efforts into a war
Total war
Allowing citizens to only buy a small amount of the goods that are also needed in the war
Rationing
One sided info designed to persuade
Propaganda
An agreement to stop fighting
Armistice
President of the US during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
Leader of France during WWI
George clemenceau
King of Great Britain during WWI
David Lloyd george
Points to achieve absolute peace
Fourteen points
Allowing people to decide for themselves under what government they wished to live
Self determination
The compromise to end the war
Treaty of Versailles
An international association whose goal would be to keep peace among nations
League of Nations