USH Unit 5 Flashcards
A policy of aggressive military preparedness
Militarism
Loyalty and devotion to a nation
Nationalism
The spreading of ideas about an institution or individual for the purpose of influencing openion
Propaganda
Goods whose importation, exportation, or possession is illegal
Contraband
Comprised of Britain, France, and Russia
Triple Entente
Comprised of Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary
Triple Alliance
France, Great Britain, Russia, eventually the U.S.
Allied Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
Central Powers
Opposed American military intervention and preparedness movement
Women’s Peace Party
Archduke of Austria-Hungary, assassinated in 1914
Franz Ferdinand
Concerned with the fundamental right of people to shape their own lives
Self Determination
Serbian nationalist (Black Hand), assassinated Ferdinand, sparked WW1
Gavrilo Princip
British passenger vessel, sunk by Germans
Lusitania
Secret note by Germans urging Mexico to push for war with the United States
Zimmerman Note
Determined to remain neutral in conflict
Woodrow Wilson
Ran Food Administration
Herbert Hoover
Coordinated production of war materials, managed use of coal and oil
War Industries and Fuel Boards
Prevents strikes from hampering war effort
National War Labor Board
Opposed to American participation in the war
Eugene Debs
African Americans, economic opportunities in auto factories in North
Great Migration
Produced propaganda to sell the war to American people
Committee on Public Information
Gardens planted by civilians during war to raise vegetables for home use, leaving more of other foods for troops
Victory Gardens
Spying, especially to gain government secrets
Espionage
A group that travels with something, such as a ship, to protect it
Convoys