| A | B |
|---|
| imperialism | desire to gain control around the world |
| militarism | glorification of the military |
| nationalism | pride in one's nation or ethnic group |
| Central Powers | Germany, A-H, Ottoman Empire |
| Allies | France, Britain, Russia, Serbia, Belgium, US |
| June 28, 1914 | Archduke is assassinated |
| stalemate | deadlock |
| propaganda | bias reporting of information |
| May 7, 1915 | Lusitania sinks |
| U-boat | submarine |
| peace without victory | both sides give up, no winner, no loser |
| April 2, 1917 | Congress declares war |
| mobilize | prepare for war |
| draft | forced military service |
| Selective Service Act | law requiring men to register for the draft |
| Herbert Hoover | Food Administrator |
| Bernard Baruch | head of WIB |
| dissent | disagreement |
| convoy | large group of merchant ships that travel in a pack |
| November 7, 1917 | Bolsheviks overtake Russian gov't |
| communism | economic & political system based on the idea that social classes and the right to private property should be eliminated |
| March 21, 1918 | Germans begin a 'peace offensive' |
| peace offensive | to hit em hard in hopes of getting the battle over quick |
| October 6, 1918 | Germany asks for an armistice |
| armistice | truce |
| November 9, 1918 | German leader flees to Holland |
| November 11, 1918 | armistice takes effect |
| November 11, 1921 | body of unidentified Am. soldier is laid to rest |
| November 11, 1938 | declared 'Veteran's Day' |
| self-determination | right of people to decide on their own form of government |
| reparations | war payments |
| June 28, 1919 | Germany signs Treaty of Versailles |
| 14 points | Wilson's cooperative peace plan |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | dissentor of the 14 points plan |
| October 2, 1919 | Wilson suffers stroke |
| deport | force immigrants to go back home |
| January 2, 1920 | height of 'Red Scare' |
| A. Mitchell Palmer | AG that sought out 'Reds' |
| Vittorio Orlando | Italian Prime Minister |
| David Lloyd George | Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| Georges Clemenceau | Prime Minister of France |
| Wilhelm II | German Kaiser |
| Franz Ferndinand | Archduke of Austria-Hungary |
| John J. Pershing | leader of American Expeditionary Force |
| Nicholas II | Russian Tsar |
| Vladimir Lenin | Bolshevik leader; believes in communism |
| Eugene V. Debs | leader of IWW; opposed war |
| Carrie Chapman Catt | suffragette, supporter of war |
| Jane Addams | Hull House, Women's Peace Party |
| Jeannette Rankin | Congresswoman against Selective Service Act |
