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Chapter 9
Messier US II
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nationalism | each country tried to prove their dominance and power |
| Imperialism | -country increases their power wealth by bringing additional territories under their control. -the increasing competition and desire for greater empires led to an increase in confrontation |
| Militarism | The great increase of European countries building up their armed forces |
| Reasons to Support the Allies | Propaganda News - Transatlantic telegraph cable Business Zimmermann Telegram U - Boats |
| War Industries Board | -July 1917 -Coordinated the production of goods and allocation War Material -Bernard Baruch |
| Food Administration | -Herbert Hoover -“Food Will Win the War” -Victory Gardens |
| Fuel Administration | -Harry Garfield -Daylight Savings |
| National War Labor Board | -Prevented Strikes from preventing productions |
| The Espionage act of 1917 | made it illegal to aid the enemy, give false reports, or interfere with the war effort. |
| The Sedition Act of 1918 | made it illegal to speak against the war publicly. Allowed officials to prosecute anyone who criticized the government. |
| Selective Service | -Building the Draft -21 to 30 year old men -Random Lottery -2.8 Million |
| Vladimir Lenin | -Overthrew the provisional government and established a Communist Government in November 1917. -Treaty Brest-Litovsk |
| The Fourteen Points | -First five - free trade ,freedom of the seas, disarmament, and open diplomacy instead of secret agreements -The next eight points addressed the right of national self-determination -formation of the League of Nations |
| Treaty of Versailles | -June 28,1919 -German Army was greatly reduced, forced to take responsibility for the war, pay reparations / 33 Billion Dollars -League of Nations was created -new countries were to be created from the Ottoman Empire. |
| The Seattle General Strike | - 35,000 shipyard workers walked off the job demanding higher wages and shorter hours. -Other workers in the community soon joined in |
| Allied Powers | England, France, United States, Russia |
| Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy |
| Black Hand | -Serbian nationalist group that wanted to unite all Serbian people under one national government -assassinate Franz Ferdinand |
| Sussex Pledge | -Germany promises to sink no more merchant ships without warning -They had already sunk Lusitania and Sussex with U-Boats |
| Zimmerman Telegram | -Germany asked Mexico to be an ally and promised Mexico land if they won the war -Britain intercepted the message and it leaked into the American newspapers -U.S. decides to go to war with Germany |
| Big Four | Britain, France, United States, and Italy |
| Contraband | goods prohibited from shipment to Germany and its allies |
| Propaganda | information designed to influence opinion |
| Espionage | Spying to acquire government information |
| Great Migration | Companies began to recruit African Americans to move North and work for them. This lead to a change in politics, as African Americans could vote in the North and not the South. |
| Spark that started the war | Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Black Hand |
| Triple Alliance | Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary |
| Triple Entente | British, Russia, France |
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