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World War 1
Social Studies World War 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What does MAIN stand for | Militarism Alliance System Imperialism Nationalism |
| How did MAIN contribute to the start of WW1 | everyone wanted bigger armies everyone had to help the people they had alliances with everyone was scrambling for new land gave countries pride and made them arrogant |
| What was the main cause of WW1 | assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| Who was on the triple entente | France Russia Great Brittan USA (soon) |
| Who was on the triple alliance | Germany Austria-Hungary Italy (eventually went to entente) |
| Lustiana | German U boat that was sunk in May 1915 |
| Zimmerman telegram | secret telegram from Germany to Mexico was intercepted by congress who then declared war on Germany |
| Trench Warfare | A type of land men used to fight wars |
| Treaty of Brest-litovsk | peace treaty signed in march 1918 by soviet Russia and central powers that ended Russia's participation in WW1 |
| What did Russia leaving the war mean for the allies | an increased pressure on the western front |
| Espionage act | fined or jailed for anti-war activities |
| Sedition act | makes it illegal to criticize the war |
| Gen.John J. Pershing | commander of American expeditionary force on the western front in WW1 1917-1918 |
| Second Battle of the Marne | Turning point |
| Where did Americans do most of the fighting in WW1 | Western Front |
| Armistice | a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting |
| How did women help in the war | They took the jobs of the men who went in the war they worked in factories they became nurses to heal the wounded men |
| what effect did American military intervention have on the WW1 outcome | we had a stronger military |
| Rationing and examples | not having the normal amount of food meatless mondays wheatless wendesday victory gardens |
| 14 points | points made by Wilson to prevent future wars |
| League of nations | a group whose goal was to insure war never broke out again |
| Treaty of Versailles | a treaty of Germany's punishment post war |
| What did the Treaty of Versailles say | Germany accepts full blame Stripped of Colonies pay 33,000,000,000 in war debt Austria-Hungary divided |
| Why didn't America join the League of Nations | because it was Europe's problem |
| what was 1 major result of the US joining WW1 | USA became a world power |
| Red Scare | when many feared radicals and a communist revolution |
| Sacco and Vanzetti | Italian immigrants who tried and excused for murder, showed fear of US foreigners |
| Return to Normalicy | Warren G Harden wanted things to return the way they were before WW1 |
| War bonds | helped raise money to support war debt |
| propaganda | official govt communications to the public that are designed to influence opinion |
| military inventions and their effect | U Boats- Waged war underwater Tanks- Covered lots of ground machine Gun- fires 600 bullets per minute poison gas- used by both sides, cause 100,000 deaths Airplanes- allowed war in the sky |
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