A | B |
Triple Alliance (Central Powers) | Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy |
Gavrilo Princips | he shot Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie. This started WWI. |
Edith Cavell | a British WWI nurse who helped the wounded soldiers in the America Red Cross. She was arrested on August 13, 1915 and was prison for 10 weeks. |
Selective Service Act | the Congress passed the (SSA) in May 1917 and it drafted young men to serve military service in Europe. |
Zimmerman Note | Published in the United States newspapers. German minister was in Mexico, a note was sent to Mexico saying that if Mexico joins the war that they will have an alliance then they would beat the Americans. Mexico and Japan did not take the Germans up on this offer. |
Sarajevo | the place where Archduke of Austria-Hungary Franz Ferdinand was murdered shot by Gavirlo Princep. |
Vladamir Lenin | communist Russia leader and director staged revolution and overthrew Czar Nicholas II. |
May 7, 1915 | Lusitania was sunk off coast of Ireland. This turned the US against Germany. |
Black Hand | a Serbian terror group. |
Vittorio Orlando | Italian premier |
Committee on Public Information | its job is educate the public about causes and nature of the war and tried to convince Americans that the war effort was just a cause. |
Georges Clemenceau | French premier |
"doughboys" | nickname for American troops |
June 28, 1914 | Archduke of Austria-Hungary Franz Ferdinand is murdered shot by Gavirlo Princep in Sarajevo. |
November 11, 1918 | Germany surrendered to the Allies and the war was over. |
Francis Joseph | emperor of Austria-Hungary |
Kaiser William II | the German emperor and because of he told that they would helped Austria-Hungary, it made them brave to fight against Serbia because they heard Archduke Francis Ferdinand killed at Serbia. |
David Lloyd George | British prime minister |
Triple Entente (Allies) | England, France and Russia |
Lusitania | the British passenger ship and sunk by Germany’s submarine blockade of Britain. |
Woodrow Wilson | President of the United States and Democrat. He wanted US to pass Treaty of Versaille and join the League of Nations |
John J. Pershing | nickname “Black Jack” because he was the principle of Western Front and the commander of American forces in Europe. |
Archduke Francis Ferdinand | he was shot in Sarajevo. |
conscientious objectors | people whose moral or religious beliefs forbid them to fight in wars. |
Treaty of Versailles | it ended WWI and forced Germany to give land to France and Poland because it blamed Germany for starting the war and paid a huge money for war damages. It took Germany's colonies from in Asia, Africa and North Pacific and demanded the country not to build a new army. |
Fourteen Points | an introduction to the League of Nation that will help to end the war to make peace to the nations. |
1 of nine countries in Europe after WWI | Finland |
2 of nine countries in Europe after WWI | Estonia |
3 of nine countries in Europe after WWI | Latvia |
4 of nine countries in Europe after WWI | Lithuania |
5 of nine countries in Europe after WWI | Poland |
6 of nine countries in Europe after WWI | Czechoslovakia |
7 of nine countries in Europe after WWI | Austria |
8 of nine countries in Europe after WWI | Hungary |
9 of nine countries in Europe after WWI | Yugoslavia |
M for | Militarism |
A for | Alliances |
I for | Imperialism |
N for | Nationalism |