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| Jeannette Rankin | The only member of the House of Representatives to vote against entering both WWI and WWII. |
| militarism | The development and use of armed forces as a tool of diplomacy. |
| Allies | aka: the Triple Entente; opposed the Triple Alliance in WWI |
| Central Powers | aka: the Triple Alliance |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | The nephew of Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph; his assassination led to the outbreak of WWI. |
| no man’s land | The land between two opposing entrenched armies filled with craters and barbed wire entanglements. |
| trench warfare | Armies engage in battles from fortified ditches rather than on an open field. |
| Lusitania | British luxury liner (with US citizens on board) sunk off Ireland by German U-boats |
| Zimmerman note | Telegram promising German aid to Mexico in the recovery of lands taken by the US. |
| Eddie Rickenbacker | war hero; American “Ace of Aces” with 26 victories |
| Selective Service Act | Law passed by Congress in May 1917 requiring men to register with the government for possible conscription into the Army |
| convoy system | merchant ships travel in a large group escorted by war-ships to protect them from u-boat attacks |
| Alvin York | US war hero – singlehandedly killed 25 Germans in one battle &, with 6 others soldiers, captured 132 others |
| conscientious objector | a person who opposes war on moral grounds |
| mechanized warefare | warfare that depends on machines powered by gas or diesel engines |
| Baron Manfred von Richthofen | German "Ace of Aces" with 80 victories; more than any other pilot in the war. |
| René Fonck | France's "Ace of Aces" with 75 wins; the top Allied ace. |
| Billy Bishop | British Empire's "Ace of Aces" with 72 wins; Canada's leading ace. |
