WW1 Flashcards
Mobilization
assembling military troops and weapons for war
Gavrillo Princip
assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
assassination led to Austria-Hungary’s declaration of war against Serbia
Militarism
belief that a country should have a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote its interests
Arms Race
increase size and quality of military resources to gain political power over another country
Triple Alliance
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. Ended during the war
Triple Entente
association between Great Britain, France, and Russia
Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire
Allied Powers
Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union
Trench Warfare
fight from tunnels dug in the ground in order to defend and attack
Stalemate
a situation in which neither side in an argument or contest can win or in which no progress is possible
Victory Gardens
provided American citizens an opportunity to assist with the war effort, encouraged to produce their own food
Propaganda
biased information used to promote political cause or point of view
Armistice
truce; made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time
Sussex Pledge
germans would not sink passenger ships without warning during ww1
Woodrow Wilson
28th president; changed the nation’s economic policies and led the United States into World War I in 1917
Censorship
the suppression of words, images, or ideas that are “offensive towards the government
Blockade
sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
Lusitania
sunk by a German torpedo
Fourteen Points
used for peace negotiations in order to end WW1
Espionage Act
crime to interfere with the U.S army or promote enemy success
Isolationism
national policy of avoiding political or economic entanglements with other countries
US Policy of Neutrality
illegal for Americans to sell or transport arms, or other war materials to belligerent nations
Big Four
Britain, France, U.S and italy, negotiate the versallie treaty
Treaty of Versailles
formally ended the war; Germany pay financial reparations, disarm, lose territory, and give up all of its overseas colonies
Bolsheviks
Selective Service Act (1917)
Federal Government temporarily expanded the military through conscription
Zimmerman Note (1917)
a coded message sent to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the United States
National Defense Act (1916)
expanded federal powers and funding for gov and a fair price
Battle of the Argonne Forest
goal of reaching the railroad junction as Sedan
War Industries Board (WIB)
coordinate the purchase of war supplies between the War Department and the Navy Department
Causes of World War One (MAINE)
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism And Nationalism
Battle of the Somme
British and French forces victory over the Germans on the western front
Sedition Act
illegal to ‘write, print, utter or publish any false, scandalous and malicious writing’ against the government
Paris Peace Conference (1918)
establish the terms of the peace after World War
League of Nations
worldwide intergovernmental organisation to maintain world peace
“No Man’s Land”
ground between the front lines or trenches of two opposing armies
Weapons of World War One
Machine guns, flame thrower, mustard gas, grenades, and artillery
“National Self Determination”
national governmental institutions opposed to colonialism and imperialism
November 11, 1918
armistice (on the western front) between Germany and the Allies was the first step to ending World War I
Russian Revolution (1917)
Russia abolished monarchy to adopt a socialist form of government following two successive revolutions and a bloody civil war
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
submarines sink merchant ships without warning
Great Migration/Great Trek North
Dutch-speaking colonists search of land where they could establish their own homeland, independent of British rule
