WWI TEST
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Militarism | The policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war. |
| Immediate cause of WWI | Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand |
| Immediate cause of U.S. entry into WWI | German submarines sinking U.S. merchant ships |
| Wilson | Asked Congress to declare war against Germany. Creator of the 14 points |
| When WWI began, the U.S. chose to... | remain neutral. |
| These events drew the U.S. closer to war... | Sinking of the Lusitania, Zimmerman Telegram, Joining of the League of Nations |
| How did the U.S. show a liking to the Allies during the war? | They sold food and supplies to Allies. |
| The first event that led us closer to war | Lusitania was sunk |
| How did women help the war effort? | They worked in factories. |
| The U.S. gov't controlled what during the war? | Food and factory production |
| Where did Americans mostly fight? | on the Western Front of Europe |
| War Labor Board | The government agency that was in charge of settling labor disputes. |
| Zimmerman Telegram | Germany asked Mexico to become involved in the war with them. In return, they would assist Mexico in obtaining some of their land back. This was characterized by hostility and suspicion. |
| What was the Selective Service Act? | All men between 21-30 years of age have to register for the draft. |
| Liberty Bonds | The U.S. gov't raised $21 billion for the war through these bonds. |
| The Big Four | They took charge of negotiating an official treaty ending WWI. These were the Allied Powers. |
| Wilson's 14 Points | Prevented international tensions from leading to war. |
| What did Wilson's goals for peace include? | An end to secret agreements between nations, self-determination by national groups, an association of nations to protect independence of nations. |
| Why was the U.S. senate against the Treaty of Versailles? | They were against U.S. membership in a peace-keeping organization. |
| Americans were against joining the League of Nations because... | They feared it would involve the U.S. in future European wars. |
| Russian Revolution | First, set up provisional gov't with democratic changes. Second, Bolsheviks rule the gov't so Russia withdraws from the war. |
| Armistice | Agreement to stop fighting. |
| Treaty of Versailles | This treaty ended WWI. Under this treaty, Germany had to take FULL BLAME for the war. It also reduced the size of the German military, returned Alsace-Lorraine to France, and took away Germany's overseas colonies. |
| Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire |
| Allied Powers | France, Russia, Britain, Italy, and in 1917, the U.S. |
| abdicate | to give up power |
| epidemic | rapid spread of a contagious disease among a large number of people |
| bolsheviks | seized power from the Provisional government |
| V.I. Lenin | leader of the bolsheviks |
| Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | A Treaty that the Russians and Germans signed |
| John J. Pershing | General of the American Expeditionary Force |
| Harlem Hell fighters | An African American Unit |
| Battle of Belleau Wood | raged for three weeks |
| Ferdinand Foch | commander of the allied forces, ordered attacks along a line from Verdun to the north Sea |
| Alvin York | Of Tennessee wiped out a nest of German machine gunners |
| Battle Of Argonne Forest | Americans and Germans each had suffered more than 100,000 casualties |
| Warmonger | person who tries to stir up war |
| Czars | russian emperors had ruled with absolute power |
| draft | is a law requiring people of a certain age to serve the military |
| illiterate | unable to read or write |
| bureaucracy | is system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials |
| Pacifist | person who opposes all wars |
| socialist | person who supports community ownership of property and the sharing of all profits |
| Jeannette Rankin | the first woman elected to Congress |
| Herbert Hoover | the head of the Food Administration |
| Mobilize | to prepare for war |
| kaiser | german emperor promised his troops they'd go to war |
| stalemate | is a deadlock in which neither side is strong enough to defeat the other |
| trench warfare | soldiers spent day shelling the enemy |
| propaganda | is the spreading of ideas that help a cause or hurt an opposing cause |
| U-boat | a big fleet of german submarines |
| triple alliance | the alliance between germany, Austria-hungary, and Italy |
| triple Entente | the alliance between France, Russia, and Britain |
| World War I | Pitted Central Powers, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Otaman or Turkish Empire against the Allied powers, France, Britain, and Russia |
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