| A | B |
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| militarism | an increase in the importance of the military of a country |
| Archduke Francis Ferdinand | on June 28,1914 heir of throne of Austria-Hungary they were shot by a Serb nationalist |
| mobilize | to prepare for war |
| Central Powers | the coalicion of nationes in World War I that included the German,Austria-Hungary,and Ottoman empires |
| Allied Powers | a group of nations that allied to fight the Central Powers in World War I,and those countries in opposition to the Axis Powers in World War II |
| trench warfare | a new kind of warfare in Worls War I that involved stroops digging and fighting from deep trenches |
| stalemate | a situation in which neither side can win a victory |
| U-boats | German submarines or "untersee boats" |
| Luisitania | a passenger ship bombed by Germany |
| Zimmermann Note | a telegram from Germany to Mexico offerig Mexico a return of territory in exchange for declaring war on the United States |
| Selective Service Act | (1917) a law that allowed the president to draft soldiers in times of war |
| Liberty bonds | loans to the government that aided its ability to prepare for World War I |
| National War Labor Board | a government agency organized to help settle disputes between workers and employers in war industries |
| American Expeditionary Force | the U.S. military forces sent to Europe during World War I and led by General John J.Pershing |
| Communists | people who believe in communism,or the political system in which all resources are shared equally |
| armistice | a truce or cease-fire agreement between warring nations |
| League of Nations | a coalition of gevernments designed to find peaceful solutions to disagreement,proposed by Woodrow Wilson |
| reparations | financial payments by the loser of the war |
| Treaty of Versailles | (1919) brought an end to World War I,but was never ratified by the United States |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | Republican senator declared "No peace that satisfied Germany in any degree can ever satisfy us" |
