A | B |
Nationalism | a devotion to one's nation |
Imperialism | expanding control, markets, military protection |
Militarism | intimidation, tool for diplomacy |
Alliance System | agreement between nations uneasy peace |
National Arms Race | modeled after England's navy |
Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Archduke of Austria killed in Bosnia |
Gavrilo Pincip | Assassinated Ferdinand "Black Hand" |
Kaiser Wilhelm | German leader strong military force |
Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungry, Italy Ottoman Impire |
Trench Warfare | holes dug in series |
No man's land | area between trenches |
British propaganda | hired actors and to lie to US to get US on their side |
British blockade | blocked German's from coast to stop supplies |
Unrestricted submarine warfare | German blockade around UK |
Lusitania | Passenger ship sumuggling arms blown up by Germans |
Zimmerman Note | from Germany to Mexico trying to get Mexico to attach US |
Sussex Pledge | Germany agreed not to sink our ships, but they lied |
Russian Revolution | pulled Russia out of WWI |
Rasputin | Monk, Tricked Royal Family in Russia |
Vladimir Lenin | Communist pulled Russia out of WWI |
Zeppelin | Flew over war zones to spot troops |
Selective Service | 1917 required men 21-30 to register to serve |
Doughboys | US troops fresh and clean |
Convoy System | Groups ships together for protection |
Weapons of WWI | Gas, tanks, planes, machine guns, trenches |
Dogfight | Air fight |
Ace | killed 5 or more planes |
Red Baron | Richthofen, German with 80 kills |
Eddie Rickenbacker | US pilot 26 kills in 2 months |
Belleau Woods | US entered war kept Germans out of Paris |
Alvin York | Conscious objector but war hero a sniper |
Hellfighters | Black, most decorated group |
Financing the war | raised taxes; sold liberty bonds |
Great Migration | blacks moved north to work |
Espionage and Sedition Act | Fines for saying against the gov. or war effort |
Armistice | Agreement to enter a cease fire |
14 Points | Speech to congress to set a plan for world peace |
League of Nations | International Org. to air problems so no more wars |
Big Four | Brittain, Italy, France, U.S. |
Treaty of Versailles | Officially ended WWI. US did not sign. |
Czar Nicholas II | Leader of Russia overthrown by Lenin. |
Rasputin | Monk that "cured" the Czar's child |
John Pershing | USA General - lead Doughboys |
Alexander Kerensky | Minister of Justice for Russia |
Woodrow Wilson | US President during WWI |
Paul Von Hindenburg | 2nd Pres. of Germany Appt. Hitler as Chancelor |
Manfred Von Richthofen | German Ace "Red Baron" |
Treaty of Versaille | Ended WWI, made Germany take the blame and pay |
Fourteen Points | Speech delivered to the League of Nations by Wilson |