A | B |
territory between France & Germany; France lost this territory in 1871 | Alsace-Lorraine |
glorification of the military; competing countries fueled this arms race | Militarism |
Triple Entente: Great Britain, France, Russia | Allies |
Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire | Central Powers |
heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary; assassinated by Gavrilo Princip | Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
Kaiser of Germany (emperor) | William II |
battles fought in France | Western Front |
German Submarines | U-boat |
government agency created in World War I, purpose to encourage Americans to support the war | Committee on Public Information |
a group of merchant ship sailing together, protected by warships | Convoy |
a radical communist that staged a revolution and gained control over Russia and ended Russian involvement in W.W.I. | Vladimir Lenin |
right of a people to choose their own form of government | Self-determination |
fighting lines dug into the earth, where each side is protected | Trench Warfare |
a British passenger liner that German U-boats sank on May 7,1915 off the coast of Ireland | Lusitainia |
describe a proposed alliance between Mexico and Germany; Mexico declares war after German victory Mexico receive land lost to U.S. | Zimmerman Note |
passed May 1917, authorized a draft of young men for military service | Selective Service Act |
the name given to American units in France | American Expeditionary Force |
people whose moral or religious beliefs forbid them to fight in wars | Conscientious Objector |
end to hostilities | Armistice |
regulated all industries engaged in the war effort | War Industries Board |
person who headed the War Industries Board; influential Wall Street investment broker who reported directly to the President | Bernard M. Baruch |
a form of communication, that is aimed at influencing a community towards some cause or position | Propaganda |
postal authorities can ban treasonable or seditious printed materials from the mail | Espionage and SeditionActs |
America's war aim outlined by Woodrow Wilson | Fourteen Points |
world organization established after W.W.1 to promote peaceful cooperation between countries | League of Nations |
French Prime Minister and one of the architects of the Treaty of Versailles | Georges Clemenceau |
Prime Minister of Great Britain, | David Lloyd George |
a treaty that ended World War 1; the treaty was harsh on the Germans | Treaty of Versailles |
payment for war damages | Reparations |
a clause of the Treaty of Versailles, that states, Germany will take responsibility to starting the war | War-Guilt Clause |
disliked Republican Senator, export on foreign policy, disliked by Woodrow Wilson | Henry Cabot Lodge |