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S.S. WW1
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Central Powers | The WW1 alliance of Germany, Austria, Hungary ,the ottoman empire ,and Bulgaria. |
Allies | The WW alliance of Great Briton , France , Russia , Italy , Serbia , and others . |
Nationalism | Pried in and loyalty to nation. |
Militarism | Policy of making military power a primary goal of the nation . |
Trench Warfare | Warfare in which soldiers dug into deep trenches across the battle filed . |
U-Bout | German submarine . |
Zimmerman telegram | Telegram telling the german ambassador to ask Mexico to declare War on the U.S. |
Communism | Single party political system in which the government controls and plans the economy with the goal a common ownership of all property. |
Wooddrow Wilson | President of the united stats during WW1. |
American Expeditionary Force | The american army that fought in Europe in WW1. |
General Pershing | commander of american forse in Europe in WW1. |
War Industries Bored | Managed the buying and distributing of war materials; set goals for production ,ordered construction of new factories,and with the presidents approval,also set prices. |
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 activities. |
Sedition Act | 1918 law that made it illegal to criticize the government . |
Propaganda | Opinions expressed for the purpose of influencing the actions of others. |
Belleau Wood | Site of american victory in franc in 1918. |
2nd Battle of the Marne | Battle that was the turning point of the war. |
Alvin York | Tewnnessee-born soldier whose action in the Argonne forest made him an american hero. |
Convoy | A guard that accompanies and protects ships or troops. |
Armistice | An end to the fighting. |
Epidemic | Outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly |