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WWI Vocabulary
Vocabulary words associated with WWI
Term | Definition |
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Trench Warfare | Warfare in which soldiers dug into deep trenches across the battlefield. |
U-boat | German submarine |
Zimmerman telegram | Telegram telling the German ambassador to ask Mexico to declare war on the U.S. |
Woodrow Wilson | President of the United States during WWI. |
Central Powers | The WWI alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. |
Allies | The WWI alliance of Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Serbia, and others. |
Nationalism | Pride and loyalty to a nation. |
Militarism | Policy of making military power a primary goal of a naiton. |
Communism | Single-party political system in which the government controls and plans the economy with the goal of common ownership of all property. |
American Expeditionary Force | The American army that fought in Europe in World War I. |