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Chapter 5 WWI
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Long Term Causes of WWI remember MAIN | Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationism |
| Militarism | a policy of making military power a primary goal of a nation |
| Alliances | In 1914 there was a tangled network of competing alliances. An attack of one nation forced allies to come to its aid |
| Imperialism | Britain, France, Germany and Italy, competed for colonies in Africa and Asia. Germany felt it deserved more |
| Nationalism | strong feelings of pride, loyalty and protectiveness towards one's country or nation |
| Immediate Cause of WWI | |
| Woodrow Wilson | president of the United States during World War 1 |
| Central Powers | the World War 1 alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria |
| Allies | the World War 1 alliance of Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Serbia, and others |
| Lusitania | American Ship sunk by German U-Boat (Submarine) killing 1198 people including 128 Americans |
| Zimmerman telegram | telegram telling the German ambassador to ask Mexico to declare war on the United States |
| How the Russian revolution affected America's involvement | The Revolution brought about new leadership with Communism taking power over being a Czar. The war had devastated Russia, and Lenin withdrew troops. The Allies urged American Troops to come quickly. |
| Trench Warfare | Ware in which soldiers dug into deep trenches across a battlefield |
| Trench Warfare Hardships | Quick firing artillery (machine guns) could spray a hail of bullets poison gas burned and blinded soldiers tanks would cross barbed wire into no-man's land |
| American Expeditionary Force | (AEF) the armed forces sent to Europe for WWI |
| War Bonds | A low interest loan by civilians to the government mean to be repaid in a number or years |
| Committee On Public Information | government organization that produced propaganda to build support for the war |
| Espionage Act | 1917 law that set heavy fines and long prison terms for antiwar activites |
| Sedition Act | 1918 law that made it illegal to criticize the government |
| propaganda | influences expressed for the purpose of influencing the actions of others |
| What effect did propaganda have on US Citizens? | It won support for the war, but it built anti-foreign anti-german prejudice. |
| What year did American forces arrive in France? ' | 1917 |
| Second Battle of Marne | It was considered the turning point of the war. The Americans helped the Allies halt the German advance and forced them back. |
| Armistice | An end to all fighting |
| Fourteen Points | President Wilson's goals for peace after World War I. |
| League of Nations | an organization set up after World War I to settle international conflicts |
| reparations | money that a defeated nation pays for the destruction it caused in other countries |
| Red Scare | In 1919-1920 a fearful reaction that the United States was threatened by a Communist revolution |
| Palmer raids | raids carried out by federal agents and police against radicals against US Attorney-General A. Mitchell Palmer. |
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