| A | B |
|---|
| Armistice | a truce or cease-fire agreement |
| Communists | People who believe in a political system in which all resources are shared equally. |
| Imperialism | Practice of extending a nation's power by gaining territories for a colonial empire. |
| Isolationism | National policy of avoiding involvement in other countries. |
| Liberty Bonds | Loans to the government that aided its ability to prepare for WWI. |
| Lusitania | Passenger ship sunk by German submarines. |
| Militarism | An increase in the importance of the military of a country. |
| Mobilize | Prepare for war. |
| Reparations | Financial payments by the loser of a war. |
| Roosevelt Corollory | Addition to the Monroe Doctrine warning nations in the America's to pay debts or US would get involved. |
| Selective Service Act | A law that allowed the president to draft soldiers in times of war. |
| Spheres of Influence | an area where foreign countries control trade or natural resources of another nation or area. |
| Stalemate | Situation in which neither side can win a victory. |
| Trench Warfare | New kind of fighting in WWI that involved digging and fighting from trenches. |
| U-boats | German submarines. |
| Yellow Journalism | Reporting of exaggerated stories in newspapers to increase sales. |
| Zimmerman Note | Telegram from Germany to Mexico offering Mexico a return of territory in exchange for declaring war on the US. |
| Dollar Diplomacy | Influencing governments through economic, not military, intervention. |
| Nationalism | Strong sense of pride and loyalty to one's nation or culture. |
| No-man's-land | Empty patches of ground between enemy trenches. |
