Chapter 9: WWI
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Alliance system | defense agreement among nations |
| autocracy | government by one person having unlimited power |
| reparations | payment for damages after a war; Germany had to give |
| dissent | a difference of opinion |
| nationalism | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo, started World War I. |
| Treaty of Versailles | the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans |
| Fourteen Points | Wilson's plan for world peace following world war I |
| Zimmerman Note | Message proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico... Which flipped America out |
| Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire |
| Allies | in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers |
| Balance of Powers | Each branch of governments has "checks" on the other branches to ensure evenly distributed power |
| convoy | a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships |
| Kaiser | german emperor |
| Mobilization | act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops" |
| ration | the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel) |
| General Pershing | led the American Expeditionary Force; urged that the AEF operate as an independent fighting force, under American command; was made General of the Armies of the United States, which is the highest rank given to an officer |
| Battle of Verdun | Battle fought between French and German armies from February to December 1916; more than 700,000 people died - one of the most costly battles of the WWI. |
| Battle of Somme | At Somme River.where the soldiors went over the top of the trenches and tried to take to enemy's trench. Not effective and most died. |
| Battle of Marne | A major French victory against the invading German army at the start of WWI. In reality lost Germany the war. |
| Triple Entene | Pact or alliance started when Britain, Russia and France all joined on the same side pledging to support each other in he case of conflict. |
| Lusitania | American boat that was sunk by the German U-boats; made America consider entering WWI |
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