| A | B |
|---|
| Alliances | an agreement between 2 or more nations to come to each others' aid if one is attacked |
| Imperialism | When a stronger country controls a weaker country for the benefit of the stronger country |
| Militarism | Belief in building up and glorifying the nation's military forces as a way to increase national spirit and power |
| Empire | A country that controls a number of other lands |
| Nationalism | Intense feeling of a group of people that they should have their own land and identity as a nation |
| Isolationism | U.S. stays out of foreign affairs |
| Central Powers | German Empire, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| New Technology of WWI | Tanks, Planes, Poisonous Gas, Submarines |
| Allied Powers | British Empire, Russia, Serbia, Belgium, France |
| Which alliance did the U.S. join in 1917? | Allied Powers |
| The Lusitania was sunk by a... | German submarine |
| U.S. had close economic and political ties to... | Great Britain |
| What was the Zimmerman telegram? | Secret message sent from Germany to Mexico |
| The U.S. found it increasingly hard to remain_________________. | Neutral |
| League of Nations | An international peacekeeping organization |
| After the war the United States returned to a policy of ___________________. | Isolationism |
| Why didn't the U.S. join the League of Nations at the end of WWI? | The U.S. Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles. |
| The Spark that started WWI | Assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| Direct Involvement | U.S. gets involved in foreign affairs |
