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WW1
World War One and its terms
| Key Term | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Heir to the throne. Killed by Gavrilo Princip, starts WW1 |
| 4 Long term causes of WW1 | M.A.I.N: Militarism, alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism |
| Schlieffen Plan | German war strategy for attacking two fronts |
| Unrestricted Submarine Warfare | Germany sank three U.S. ships and went against pledge |
| Sinking of the Lusitania: | Germany sank citizen ship in foreign waters |
| Sussex Pledge | Germany went against the pledge that was signed |
| Zimmerman Telegram | Germany sent Mexico a secret message to join the war and give land from U.S. |
| Great Migration | Movement of many African American from the South to the North |
| Victory Gardens | Gardens U.S. citizens made to grow their own food |
| Liberty Bonds | Financing the war (Taxes and bonds) |
| Propaganda | Information on ideas or rumors spread to help or harm a person, group, nation, or movement |
| Committee on Public Information | Coordination of the production of films, pamphlets, posters, etc. promoting the war |
| Selective Service Act | Authorizing a draft for young men for military service (passed May 1917) |
| Espionage Act of 1917 | Limiting people's 1st amendment right |
| War Industries Board | Oversaw the nation's war related Production |
| Food Administration Board | Price controls and rationing |
| Sedition Act of 1918 | Limiting people's first amendment right (Extension of the Espionage Act) |
| Triple Entente | France, Russia, Great Britain |
| Triple Alliance | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy |
| Schenck V. United States | Challenged the Espionage Act |
| New Weapons | U-boat, machine guns, tanks, planes |
| Trench Warfare | Main fighting style of World War One |
| Shell Shock | Term given for PTSD |
| Bolshevik Revolution | Russia leaves the war |
| American Expeditionary Forces | American troops that fight in Europe during WW1 |
| Fourteen Points | Wilson's plan for world peace at the end of WW1 |
| Treaty of Versailles | Officially ends WW1 |
| League of Nations | Organization of countries trying to solve problems diplomatically |
| Reparations | Germany had to pay back in many ways |
| War Guilt Clause | Germany had to take blame for the War |
| Return to isolation | Congress did not let the U.S. join the League of Nations |
| The armistice took place... | November 11, 1918 |
| The big four | llyod George, Vittorio Orlando, Woodrow Wilson, George Clemenceau |
| Gavrilo Princip | Assassin from Serbia who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| Czar Nicholas II | Emperor of the Russians |
| Vladimir Lenin | Leader of the Russians during the Bolshevik Revolution |
| General John Pershing | WW1 general |
| Sergeant York | Sergeant in WW1 |
| Red Baron | German flier |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | German Emperor |
| Euguene V Debs | Head of Socialist party |
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