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Ch 9 WWI
US HIstory EOC Mastering the Teks Ch 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Militarism | European nations were arming themselves with the latest innovations in weapons produced by industry as they competed for territory |
| Nationalism | the rise of nations encouraged patriotism and pride in a common language, history, culture, and rivalries based on military success |
| Alliance System | Europeans formed alliances in which an attack on one nation would involve other nations |
| Imperialism & Economics | European nations competed for colonies to extract raw resources and a market to sell their industrial products |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | his assassination by Serbian nationalists seeking independence from Austria was the spark that led to WWI |
| poison gas | mustard gas was a powerful weapon that forced soldiers to wear protective masks |
| machine guns | powerful weapons that had rapid-fire capabilities to kill soldiers at a distance |
| submarines | called U-boats, the Germans used to sink the Allied shipping to slow down supplies from the USA |
| airplanes | early models were used for reconnaissance and dropping small grenades on enemy positions |
| Trench Warfare | a stationary (not moving) battlefield with soldiers hiding in trenches separated by a 'no man's land" of barbed wire, mines, and constant shelling from artillery fire |
| Blockade | attempt by each side's navy to prevent the other side from receiving supplies from their allies or overseas colonies by sinking cargo & passenger ships |
| Total War | modern method of fighting in which combatants used all available resources and attacked military & civilian targets |
| Neutrality | US tried to keep out of the conflict in Europe until 1917 |
| conflicted ties with Europe | many Americans traced their heritage to England based on common language and political system of democracy; the US had a large German immigrant population |
| War Propaganda | American newspapers use inciteful images & stories depicting Germans as evil and vicious, and England & France as noble |
| Zimmerman Telegram | secret message from Germany to Mexico offering the return of the Southwestern states in exchange for help against the USA |
| Unrestricted Submarine Warfare | Germany, desperate from the British blockade, declared intention of sinking every ship |
| Freedom of the Seas | the USA demanded the right of nations like the US to ship non-military goods to nations at war |
| Lusitania | British passenger ship sunk by German U-boats for secretly carrying weapons for Britain |
| Sussex Pledge | German promise not to sink ocean liner ships without warning |
| American Expeditionary Force | US troops sent to Europe to defeat Germany; African American units had to fight under French command due to segregation |
| John Pershing | commander of US forces who had tried to capture Pancho Villa; insisted on training men before combat |
| Alvin York | won the Congressional Medal of Honor for single-handedly killing and capturing scores of Germans |
| Selective Service Act | in order to fill the demand for soldiers for the war effort, men were drafted into the military upon turning 18 |
| Schenck vs. United States | Socialist accused of distributing literature that encouraged others to ignore the military draft |
| Battle of Argonne forest | greatest US battle that shattered German defenses and forced them to sue for peace and surrender |
| Women & African Americans in the economy | women and African Americans took on jobs of white men who joined the war effort |
| Espionage Act | civil liberties were cut back when Congress passed a law making it a crime to criticize the war effort |
| Treaty of Versailles | ended WWI, but its harsh terms toward Germany led to the rise of Hitler and eventually WWII |
| Break-up of Empires | allies of Germany-Austro-Hungary & Ottoman Empire's territories were broken apart to create new nations, but under the control of England & France (mandate system) |
| War Raparations | Germany was forced to pay England & France millions for the cost of the war; money it could not pay back |
| War Guilt | Germany was forced to admit sole responsibility for starting the war |
| League of Nations | Woodrow Wilson's idea of collective security to prevent future wars, that the US Senate rejected due to Constitutional issue of declaring war |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | anti-imperialist who led the Senate's opposition to the Treaty of Versailles and against joining the League of Nations |
| Fourteen Points | Woodrow Wilson's plan for a post-war Europe , that called for freedom of the seas, free trade, the League of Nations, and the right of self-determination by colonies of Euorope |
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