| A | B |
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| Mobilization | the gathering of resources and the preparation for war |
| National War Labor Board | Created in April 1918 to ensure production of vital war materials. This forced businesses to grant workers demands for 8 hour work days, equal pay foe women and the right to form unions. |
| Great Migration | Almost 500,000 African Americans moved from the south to the north to fill jobs in the North East. |
| Food Administration | Requested American farmers to produce more food and for Americans to eat less so the extra food could be sent to Europe to feed the troops. |
| Victory Garden | A garden that could help feed a family so they did not have to buy food that could otherwise be sent to the troops. |
| War Industry Board | A government agency that helped factories convert into war production businesses. |
| Liberty Bonds | How the U.S. paid for the war. Americans bought the bonds and gave the govt the money. After the war the Americans could cash in thebonds and get their money back. |
| Committee on Public Information | Responsible for encouraging support for the war. |
| Espionage | spying |
| The Espionage Act | stiff penalties for spying or helping the enemy |
| The Sabotage Act and the Sedition Act | Made it a crime to say, print, or write anything perceived as negative about the govt or the war effort. |
| rudder | steers the vessle |
| Selective Service Act | the draft in the U.S. |
| Lusitania | A British passenger ship that sunk after it was torpedoed by a German U-Boat |
| propaganda | information designed to influence opinion |
| Battle of the Marne | German offensive was halted by the French and British. Paris was saved. |
| Battle of the Somme | British and French offensive in Northern France |
| Zeppelin | a German blimp used to shoot at Allied cities |
| Allied Powers | Great Britain, France and Russia |
| Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire |
| militarism | building up of military forces |
| Alliane System | defense agreements among nations |
| July 28, 1914 | Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia |
| Sarajevo | Where the Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated |
| attle of Verdun | German offensive in Northeast |
| imperialism | expansion of an empire. Larger countries taking over smaller countries in order to gain wealth and power. |
| alliances | countries unite and make agreements with each other |
| The Triple Alliance | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Italy |
| Triple Entente | Great Britain, France and Russia |
| Isolationist | remaining neutral |
| Nationalism | intense feeling for a nation to the point of feeling superior over other nations and also wanting to be independent of other nations. |
| First Event of the Great War | Archduke Ferdinand and his wife are assassinated on June 28, 1914 |
| WWI begins | July 28, 1914 |
| April 2, 1917 | U.S. declares war on Germany |
| The Great War | first war to use submarines, chemical warfare, armored tanks, airplanes, machine guns |
| U-Boats | submarines |
