WW1 Vocab Flashcards
Alvin York
WW1 hero, captured 132 Germans, silenced machine guns
Harlem hell fighters
African American infantry unit
Erich Ludendorff
Top German military commander
John Pershing
5 star US general, head of AEF
Convoy system
“Safety in the numbers” teams of destroyers escort merchant ships across the Atlantic
Selective service act
Males age 21-30 (18-45) required to register for military 3 mil drafted 2 mil volunteered
Self determination
A small group of people with the same political ambitions can create its own independent government or state
Doughboys
American soliders
Brestlitovsk
Peace treaty between Russia and the central powers
Von schlieffen plan
Attacking France through Belgium if Russia made an attack on Germany
Henry cabot lodge
President pro tempore and chair for the Republican Conference
Armistice
Seize fire (stop fighting)
War industries board
Company’s stopped making nice things and started making war supplies
Liberty bonds
war bond that was sold in the United States to support the Allied in World War I
Food administration
Herbert Hoover encouraged farmers to produce more food and public to eat less