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Chapter 29
The Great War (WWI)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Militartism | A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war |
| Triple Alliance | A military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the years preceding WWI |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | German ruler that overthrew Bismarck. Wanted to display to the world the power of a fully united Germany. He wanted to destroy France |
| Triple Entente | A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding WWI |
| Central Powers | In WWI, the nations of Germany and Austria-Hungary, along with other nations that fought on their side |
| Allies | In WWI, the nations of Great Britain, France, and Russia, along with the other nations that fought on their side |
| Western Front | In WWI, the region of northern France where the forces of the Allies and the Central Powers battles each other |
| Schlieffen Plan | Germany's military plan at the outbreak of WWI, according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia |
| Trench Warfare | A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield |
| Eastern Front | In WWI, the region along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks |
| Unrestricted Submarine Warfare | The use of submarines to sink without warning any ship (including neutral ships and unarmed passenger liners) found in enemy's waters |
| Total War | A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the ear effort |
| Rationing | The limiting of the amounts of goods people can buy-often imposed by governments during wartime, when goods are in short supply |
| Propaganda | Information or material spread to advance or a cause or or to damage an opponent's cause |
| Armistice | An agreement to stop fighting |
| Woodrow Wilson | President of the United States and member of the Big Four. His Fourteen Points were incorporated into the Treaty of Versailles |
| Georges Clemenceau | French king and member of the Big Four. Did not agree with Wilson's Fourteen Points and wanted to punish Germany more severely |
| Fourteen Points | A series of proposals in which US President Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after WWI |
| Self-Determination | The freedom of a people to decide under what form of government they wish to live |
| Treaty of Versailles | The peace treaty signed by Germany and the Allied powers after WWI |
| League of Nations | An international association formed after WWI with the goal of keeping peace among nations |
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