| A | B |
|---|
| Woodrow Wilson | President during WW I |
| 1917 | the year the US entered the war |
| Zimmerman note | telegram from Germany to Mexico asking Mexico to attack the US |
| contraband | goods considered illegal |
| Sussex Pledge | Germany's pledge to provide for safety of passengers on sinking ships |
| U boats | the kind of vessels Germany used to sink enemy ships |
| Lusitania | British passenger ship sunk by Germany |
| Allied Powers | England, France, Russia, US |
| Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey |
| militarism | building up of a nations armies & navies |
| nationalism | pride in one's country |
| imperialism | stronger nations taking control of weaker nations |
| alliances | countries supporting one another in time of war |
| new weapons of war | tanks, airplanes, mustard gas, U boats, trench warfare, machine guns |
| Fourteen Points | Wilson's Plan for world peace |
| brought US into war | unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany |
| League og nations | Wilson's idea for international peace keeping |
| "The war to end all wars" | Wilson's quote regarding WW I |
| immediate cause of WW I in Europe | Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand |
| AEF (American Expeditionary Forces) | led by John Pershing |
| Zimmerman note | urged Mexico to attack the US |
| trench warfare | military tactic used by both sides |
| 11 A.M. on 11/11/1918 | Armistice Day |
| The Big Four | Wilson, Clemenceau, Orlando, George |
