| A | B |
|---|
| Neutrality | Refusal to take sides |
| Military Draft | May 18,1917 Congress required all men 21-30 to register for military service |
| Isolationism | Policy that a nation should limit its involvement in international affairs. |
| Contraband | Merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden |
| U-boat | Underwater boat =submarines |
| Triple Alliance | Military alliance formed by Germany, Austria-Hungary, & Italy in the late 1800s. |
| Doughboys | Nickname given to American soldiers |
| Armistice | Temporary suspension of hostilities between opponents or truce, officially ending a war |
| Depth Charge | Explosive device used underwater especially against submarines. |
| Victory Gardens | Raising ones own vegetables, especially during wartime. |
| Liberty Bonds | How U.S. government borrowed $20 billion from American people for the war effort. |
| Espionage & Sedition Acts | To silence war opposition, spying, & resistance. Jailed for criticizing the Y & Red Cross |
| Victory Bonds | Post war version of Liberty Bonds |
| Covenant | Formal agreement between 2 or more parties |
| 18th Amendment | Prohibit alcoholic beverage |
| 19th Amendment | Women's Suffrage |
| Deport | Remove an alien from the country. |
| Marshall Henri Pertain | French Commander |
| General John J. Pershing | Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in France |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes | Supreme Court Justice |
| Vittorio Orlando | Italian Premier |
| George M. Cohan | Received Medal of Honor in 1940 for his patriotic music.Wrote popular W.W. I songs. |
| Nationalism | Belief that a specific nation, language, or culture is superior to all others. |
| Militarism | Policy of aggressive military preparedness |
| Balance of Power | A situation in which the strength of rival alliances or nations is nearly equal |
| Mobilize | Prepare a military force for war |
| Trench warfare | W.W. I military strategy of defending a position by fighting from the protection of deep ditches. |
| No-Man's land | Strip of land between the trenches of opposing armies along the western front during W.W I. |
| Stalemate | A situcation in which neither side can win a clear victory |
| Self-Determination | Right of people to decide their own political status |
| Reparations | Payments for damages and expenses brought on by war. |
| Triple Entente | Military alliance formed by Britain, France, and Russia in 1907. |
| Franz Ferdinand | Heir to the throne of Austria. |
| Czar Nicholas II | Russian Czar |
| Central Powers | W.W. I alliance led b Austria-Hungary and Germany and later joined by Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. |
| Allied Powers | W.W. I alliance that included Britin, France, Russia, and later the U.S. and Italy; also the W.W. II alliance between Britain and France, and later the U.S. and other countries that fought against the Axis Powers. |
| Wilhelm II | Emperor of Germany 1888-1941. |
| First Battle of the Marne | 1914 W.W. I battle in which French forces stopped a German advance near Paris. |
| Lusitania | British passenger liner sunk by a German U'boat in May 1915; the deaths of 128 Americans on board contributed to U.S. entry into W.W. I. |
| Sussex Pledge | 1916 Promise issued by German leaders during W.W. I not to sink merchant vessels without warning. |
| Arthur Zimmerman | Germany foreign secretary who proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the U.S. |
| Zimmermann Note | Telegraph sent by Germany's foreign minister to Mexico during W.W. I proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the U.S. |
| Committee on Public Information | Agency created by President Woodrow Wilson in 1917 to increase public support for W.W. I. |
| George Creel | Head of the Committee on Public Information. He used rallies, parades, posters, and pamphlets to persuade Americans to support the war effort. |
| Espionage Act of 1917 | Law punishing people for aiding the enemy or refusing military duty during W.W. I |
| Sedition Act of 1918 | Law passed during W.W. I that made it illegal for Americans to speak disloyally about the U.S. government, Constitution, or flag. |
| Selective Service Act | 1917 Law that required men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for the draft into the armed forces. |
| Liberty Bonds | U.S. bonds sold during W.W. I to raise money for loans to the Allies. |
| War Industries Board | Agency created by President Woodrow Wilson during W.W. I to oversee the production and distribution of goods manufactured by the nation's war industries. |
| Bernard Baruch | Head of the War Industries Board. "No steel, copper, cement, rubber, or other basic materials could be used with our (WIB) approval. |
| National War Labor Board | Agency created by President Woodrow Wilson in 1918 to settle disputes between workers and management |
| American Expeditionary Force | U.S. troops that served overseas in W. W. I. |
| Communists | People who seek equal distribution of wealth and an end to all forms of private property. |
| Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | 1918 Peace agreement between the Central Powers and Russia that removed Russia from W.W. I. |
| Second Battle of the Marne | 1918 Last offensive launched by the Germans during W.W. I and a turning point of the war for the Allies. |
| Fourteen Points | 1918 President Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post W.W. I Europe and for avoiding future wars. |
| League of Nations | International congress of nations formed in 1919 that was designed to settle disputes and maintain peace and collective security |
| Treaty of Versailles | 1918 Treaty ending W. W. I that required Germany to pay billions of dollars of war costs, and established the League of Nations |
