| A | B |
|---|
| Nationalism | extreme loyalty and devotion to a nation |
| Allies | name of the alliance which included Britain, France, Russia and the U.S. |
| Central Powers | name of the alliance which included Germany and Austria-Hungary |
| Propaganda | the spreading of ideas about an institution or individual for the purpose of influencing opinion |
| Contraband | goods whose possession is illegal |
| U-Boat | German submarine |
| Sussex Pledge | Germany's promise that merchant ships would be searched and sunk only if they contained contraband and then only after safe passage had been provided for the crew and passengers |
| Zimmerman Telegram | a coded message sent to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the United States |
| Conscription | requiring people to enter military service |
| War Bonds | the U.S. government raised money to pay for the war by selling these to citizens |
| Espionage | spying |
| Trench Warfare | warfare in which opposing armed forces attack, counterattack, and defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground |
| Armistice | a temporary agreement to end fighting |
| Fourteen Points | President Wilson's plan to end the war and avoid future wars |
| League of Nations | the "general association of nations" created by President Wilson |
| Treaty of Versailles | peace document signed at the end of World War I dealing with Germany |
| Reparations | payment by the losing country in a war to the winner for the damages caused by the war |
| Lusitania | a British passenger ship that was torpedoed by a German submarine |
| Battle of Argonne Forest | biggest operation and victory of the American Expeditionary Forcein World War I |
