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WWI
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Expansionism | a policy aimed at extending a nation’s boundaries |
| Imperialism | a policy where stronger countries control/takeover weaker countries |
| Isolationism | a policy of staying out of the affairs of other nations |
| Militarism | policy of building up a strong army to prepare for war |
| Nationalism | excessive pride in one’s country |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne; his assassination sparked the beginning of WWI |
| Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Ottoman Empire |
| Allied Powers | Russia, France, Great Britain (later joined by U.S. and others) |
| Trench Warfare | long, deadly struggles with little gain for either side |
| Stalemate | a deadlock; neither side can win; trench warfare quickly led to this in WWI |
| Woodrow Wilson | U.S. president during WWI; outlined the Fourteen-Points Peace Plan which created the League of Nations |
| Unrestricted Submarine Warfare | the practice of targeting both military and non-military sea vessels |
| Lusitania | British cruise ship sunk by German subM (U-boat) in 1915 during WWI; 128 Americans killed in attack; angered President Wilson and American public |
| Sussex Pledge | after the sinking of the Lusitania, Germany promised to end unrestricted submarine warfare with this agreement |
| Zimmerman Plot | a German telegram intercepted and decoded by the British which wanted Mexico to join WWI on the side of Germany if the U.S. entered the war. In return, Germany promised to give Mexico U.S. territory in the Southwest. |
| Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | Russia backed out of WWI with this agreement made with Germany |
| Peace Offensive | Germany hoped to either win or bring an end to WWI with this fierce attack |
| Food Administration | Government agency created during WWI to make sure U.S. troops had enough food to fight; Meatless Mon. Wheatless Tues, victory gardens. |
| Harlem Hellfighters | an all African American unit in WWI that saw more combat than any other American unit, was seen as one of the bravest and was awarded the French Croix de Guerre |
| Treaty of Versailles | Germany had to take full blame for WWI Germany had to pay the Allies $300 billion Germany had to give up its overseas colonies Germany had to limit the size of its military Germany had to return the Alsace Lorraine to France |
| League of Nations | the U.S. never joined this post-WWI created body designed to prevent future wars out of fear that it would drag the U.S. into future conflicts |
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