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WWI
Vocabulary for World War I
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| assembly line | factory system that puts together a product as it moves past a line of workers |
| 15th Amendment | prohibits federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on their race |
| 19th Amendment | gave women the right to vote. It was ratified (changed) in 1920. |
| World War I | an international conflict the primarily involved European nations until the United States entered the war in 1917 |
| Allied Powers | nations who fought against the Central Powers: Great Britain, US, France, and Russia |
| Central Powers | nations who fought against the Allied Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire |
| submarines | U-boats or “underwater boats” |
| Lusitania | British passenger liner that was attacked and sank by a German submarine. There were nearly 2,000 people on board, including Americans. The attack was one of the reasons the US entered into WWI. |
| Zimmerman Telegram | telegram from Germany to Mexico asking them for help in the war and if they helped they would get their territories back that they had lost |
| Treaty of Versailles | peace treaty signed in June 1919 between Germany and the Allied Powers |
| Fourteen Points | the peace plan that President Woodrow Wilson came up with |
| League of Nations | a peacekeeping organization |