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ryan history terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Total war | using all your resources-conscription, rationing, raising taxes, women working, factories |
| propaganda | spreading ideas to cause damage |
| conscription | the draft |
| atrocity | horrible war crimes |
| self deterination | the right of people to chose there own form of goverment |
| u-boat | german subs |
| armistice | an agreement to end fighting |
| militarism | build up armies and navys for war |
| mobilize | prepare your military for war |
| entente | non binding agreement |
| zeppelin | a very bad invention /large gas filled ballon |
| convoys | a supply ship with goods and war ships surrounding it to protect them from U-boat attacks |
| Dardanelles | vital strait connection the Black Sea and the Mediterranean sea |
| contraband | weapons or other illegal goods |
| fourteen points | list of terms that ended the war made by the President Wilson |
| November 11 1918 | end of war |
| pacifism | opposition to all wars |
| pandemic | great loss of life |
| reparations | payments for was damage |
| radicals | dreamed of building a new order |
| League of Nations | collective security although US did not support it. |
| Treaty of Versailles | ended the war but Germany was unhappy with terms as was France for not being strict enough. |