| A | B |
|---|
| alliance system | when various countries agreed to depend and help each other |
| Triple Alliance | alliance of Germany, Austria, Hungary and Italy |
| Assasination of archduke Franz Ferdinand | start of World War I- WWI |
| infantry | soldier who fought on foot |
| trench warfare | trenches, barbed wire and machine guns used |
| Allied Powers | Great Britain, Russia, |
| Battle of Marne | Battle on Western Front |
| munitions | war materials |
| blockade | to stop material going into a port |
| propaganda | information designed to persuade people |
| contraband | prohibited goods |
| submarine | underwater ship |
| Lusitania | killed 128 Americans when it sank |
| preparedness | American war preparations |
| pacifism | did not believe in war |
| Central Powers | Germany, Austro-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria |
| "The World must be made safe for Democracy..." | From a speech by Woodrow Wilson asking for a Declaration of War |
| War Industries Board | Fixed prices and Standards to coordinate the national war effort |
| Black Migration | 1000's of African Americans moved to more lucrative jobs in the north |
| Liberty Loan Act | sold government bonds to pay for the war |
| Espionage Act | allowed the arrest of people who were |
| Sedition Act | allowed people to be arrested for critizing the government |
| convoy system | when warships traveled with supply ships |
| Selective Service Act | set up a draft |
| Bolshevicks | set up a new government in Russia |
| Fourteen points | Peace Plan put forth by Wilson |
| Treaty of Versailles | Peace Treaty signed in France |
| Disarmament | almost a complete reduction of weapons |
| League of Nations | council of world powers that could preserve the Peace |
