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WWI
terms and difinitions
Term | Definition |
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Central Powers | the world war I alliance of alliance of Germany, Austria- Hungary, the Ottomen Empire, and Bulgaria |
Allies | the World War I alliance of Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Serbia, and others |
Nationalism | pride in loyalty to nation |
Militarism | policy of making military power a primary goal of a nation |
Trench Warfare | warfare in which soldiers dug into deep trenches across the battlefields |
U-boat | German submarine |
Zimmerman Telegram | Telegram telling the German ambassador to ask Mexico to declare war on the United States |
Woodrow Wilson | President of the United States during World War I |
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 |
General John J. Pershing | commander of American forces in Europe in World War I |
War Bonds | a low- interest loan by civilians to the government meant to be repaid in a number of years |
Committee on Public Information | a low- interest loan by civilians to the government meant to be repaid in a number of years |
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 France in 1918 |
Second Battle of the Marne | battle that was the turning point of the war |
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 and widely |