| 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 |