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U.S. History Ch. 9
Question | Answer |
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Nationalism | a feeling of intense pride in one's homeland |
Militarism | aggressive build-up of armed forces to intimidate or threaten other nations |
Triple Alliances | formed in late 19th century; Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. |
No-Man's Land | area separating the trenches |
U-boats | German Submarines |
Trenches | ran for hundreds of miles along the western front |
March 1916 | A German U-boat torpedoed the British Sussex |
The Zimmerman Telegram | in January 1917, Britain intercepted the Zimmerman Telegram from Germany. |
The Zimmerman Telegram | trying to get Mexico to invade the United States in return for Germany's support in regaining lost Mexican territory from the U.S. |
The Russian Revolution | Czar Nicholas II was overthrown |
The Russian Revolution | this meant the U.S was free to enter the war and not be allied with an absolute monarch |
Reasons the United States entered the war | Unrestricted German Submarine warfare The Zimmerman Telegram The Russian Revolution |
Selective Service Act | May 1917- was passed because not enough Americans were volunteering |
Gen. John J. "Blackjack'' Pershing | was placed in command of the American Expeditionary Force |
The Harlem Hell Fighters | First American regiment to serve with AEF |
Convoy System | Warships escorted troops and supply ships to Europe to prevent U-boat attacks |
Herbert Hoover | ran the Food Administration |
National War Labor Board | established to prevent strikes during the war |