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S.S World War 1
vocab,people,questions unfinished
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the belief that a specific nation, language, or culture is superior to others | nationalism |
| policy of aggressive military preparedness combined with the influence of military institutions on a society | militarism |
| a situation in which the strength of rival alliances or nations is nearly equal | balance of power |
| prepare a military force for war | mobilize |
| military alliance formed by Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy in late 1800s | triple alliance |
| military alliance formed by Britian, france and Russia in 1907 | Triple entente |
| WWI alliance led by Austria-Hungary,and Germany and later joined by Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire | Central powers |
| powersWWI alliance that included Britian, France, Russia,and later the US; also WWII alliance between Britian, France and US that fought against Axis. | Allied Powers |
| 1914 WWI battle in which French forces stopped a German advance near Paris | First Battle of the Marne |
| WWI military strategy of defending a position by fighting from the protection of deep ditches | Trench warfare |
| landstrip of land between the trenches of opposing armies along the western front during WWI | No-man's land |
| situation in which neither side of a conflict can win a decisive victory | Stalemate |
| German submarines; stands for undersea boats | U-boats |
| British passenger liner sunk by a German U-boat in May 1915;the death of 128 americans on board contributed to US entry in WWI | Lusitania |
| 1916 promise issued by German leaders during WWI not to sink merchant vessels without waring | Sussex Pledge |
| telegram sent by Germanys foregin minister to Mexico during WW1 proposing an alliance between two countries | Zimmerman note |
| Agency created by wilson in 1917 to increase public support for WW1 | Committee on Public information |
| Law punishing people for aiding the enemy or refusing military duty during WW1 | Espionage Act of 1917 |
| law passes during WW1 that made it illegal for Americans to speak disloyal about the U.S government or constitution | Sedition Act of 1918 |
| law that required men between the ages of 21-30 to register for the draft into the armed forces | Selective Service Act |
| U.S bonds sold during the war to raise money for loas for the allies | liberty bonds |
| Agency created by president Wilson during WW1 to oversee teh production and distrubution of goods manufactured by the nation war industry | War industries board |
| agency created by president wilson in 1918 to settle disputes between workers/mangament | National War Labor Board |
| a truce between warring groups/countries | Armistice |
| U.S troops that served overseas in WW1 | American Expeditiory Force |
| people who seek the equal distrubution of wealth and of all forms of private propertyq | Communist |
| peace agreement-central powers snd Russia that removed Russia from WW1 | Treaty of Breast- Litovsk |
| last offense launched by the German during WW1 | Second battle of Marne |
| Right of people to decide their own political status | Self Determination |
| payments for damages/expenses brought by war | Reperation |
| president wilsons plan for organizing post WW1 Europe and avoiding future wars | Fourteen Points |
| international congress of nations formed in 1919 that was designed to settle disputes and protect democracy | league of Nations |
| treaty ending WW1 that required Germany to pay billions of dollars in war costs and establish a league of nations | treaty of versailles |
| Russian Czar,hesitated to mobilize or prepare military for war.come to serbias defense.last russian czar.killed | Tsar Nicolas II |
| Archduke,visited Sarajevo and was shot. Heir to the throne of Austria-Hungry,death cause WW1 | Franz Ferdinand |
| Wanted to use the Schlieffen plan.sure germany would achieve fast victory. Kaizer | Wilhelm II |
| proposed an alliance between Germany + Mexico against teh U.S | Arthur Zimmerman |
| the head of the CPI began nationwide publicity campaign used rallies, poster, parades and pamphlets to persuade american war effort | George Creel |
| President during WW1.reamained neutral than decided to go to war | Woodrow Wilson |
| head of the war industries board who wanted the use of all steel, copper, cement, rubber and other basic materials to be approved by the WIB | Bernard Baurch |
| The main causes of WW1 include militarism, nationalism and___________ | imperialism |
| what seem the most likely place for WW1 to start | the Balkan Peninsula |
| The spark that set off WW1 was the assination of archduke_________ | Franz Ferdinand |
| Who were the allied powers | U.S, Russia, Britian, Italy, France |
| who were the central powers | austria-hungry, Bulgaria, Germany and the Ottoman Empire |
| What happned at the first battle of Marne? | The French forced the Germans to retreat |
| the Western front stretched from the __________ to the ___________ sea | Switzerland to North Sea |
| T or F- Slavic nationalism was not an important movement? | FALSE |
| T or F- The triple alliance and triple entente created a European balance of power | TRUE |
| T or F- Austria- Hungry annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908 | TRUE |
| T or F- Csar Nicholas II refused to mobilize and defend Serbia | FALSE |
| T or F- Ther German kaiser and many Europeans thought the war would not last more than 6 months | TRUE |
| T or F- The Belgians were completely unable to resist the German army | FALSE |
| What were some dangers of trench warfare? | posion gas. foot problems. machine guns. no-mans land. tanks. disease |
| What were some dangers of submarine warfare? | U-boats.machine guns.torpedos.blockades.sinking ships. |
| The longest battle of WW1 was fought at__________ | Verdun |
| President Wilson announced that the U.S would be _________ and stay out of the war | neutral |
| American banks bought $__billion in European _____ _______ | 2 billion. war bonds |
| a german U-boat sank the British liner____________ and made the U.S mad | Lusitania |
| Germany gave the ________ _______, which promised to not sink merchant vessels without warning | Sussexx Pledge |
| Wilson asked _______ to declare war on April of 1917 | congress |
| pressured military to create African American Combat Units | National Association for the advancement of colored people |
| What 2 things did congress do to raise money for the war effort? | 1. Libery Bonds 2. raised income taxes |
| jailed under the Sedition act of 1917 | Eugene Debs |
| operated telephone services for the U.S Army | "Hello Girls" |
| voted against Wilsons war resolution | jennette rankin |
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