World War 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Schlieffen Plan | Germany's plan to invade France to Belgium than turn around and defeat Russia. Plan had many flaws. |
| April 6, 1917 | Date when America enters the war officially. WORLD WAR 1 |
| June 28, 1914 | Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, official start of WWI |
| Triple Entente | Russia, France, Britain |
| U-boat | german submarines |
| fourteen points | President Wilson's proposed plan for peace |
| November 11, 1918 | date when Germans signed the armistice, end of fighting. |
| doughboys | nickname given to american soldiers because they were well fed and had money. |
| woodrow wilson | U.S. president during WWI |
| Battle of Marne | first battle of WWI, france able to stop germany, lead to the "race to the sea" |
| Zimmerman note | discovered by Britain; Germans said they would help Mexico fight the U.S. to gain territories if they helped Germany |
| John Pershing | American military leader, from Nebraska, lead at the battle of Chateau-Thierry |
| Treaty of Versailles | treaty that ended WWI, punished Germans harshly |
| isolationism | when a country wants to stay separate from foreign conflicts |
| convoy system | Protection of merchant ships from U-boat attacks by having ships travel in large groups escorted by warships. |
| battle of verdun | one of the bloodiest battles of WWI with 750,000 men dead. |
| treaty of brest-litovsk | treaty that took the russians out of the war |
| stalemate | deadlock in which neither side is strong enough to defeat the other |
| league of nations | group of nations devoted to promoting peace and solving problems |
| battle of tannenberg | russia defeated heavily at this battle, lead to their surrender |
| chateau-thierry | battle that turned the war in the allies' favor, allies lead by pershing halt the german offensive then lead counteroffensive |
| triple alliance | italy, austria-hungary, germany |
| propaganda | a way of persuading people to join your cause, making the other things look bad |
| eliminating dissent | getting everyone in your country on the "same page", creating loyalty to your home country |
| alliances, militarism, imperialism, nationalism | 4 background causes of WWI |
| gases, submarines, airplanes, guns | 4 types of weapons used in WWI |
| depth charges | way of defending against submarines, created shock waves that would make the sub collapse |
| airplanes | used to bomb, protect airspace, and gather info (spy) |
| russia | the country that lost the most men in WWI |
| central powers | germany, austria-hungary |
| allies | france, russia, britain, japan, u.s. |
| war of attrition | neither side can outlast the other, turns into a stalemate |
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