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HISTORY test 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Casualty | Soldiers killed, wounded, or missing |
| Reparations | War debt Payments for damages caused by war |
| Convoy | Group of merchant ships sailing together protected by warships |
| U-boat “Unterseeboot” German for “Under sea boat” | Submarines mostly used by Germany New technology Allowed for underwater and on water travel Used mainly to shoot at non-military boats - Merchant ships carr Could attack without being seen had mounted guns and shoot torpedoe |
| Zeppelin's | German invention named for inventor Blimps - primitive form of air warfare Used for surveillance than for bombing Slow and obvious Easily taken down by a bullet Before war used for passenger travel |
| Poison gas | 1st used during WWI by Germans then allies Started as tear gas or pepper spray 1915 - became deadly chlorine gas Thrown in trenches and placed into pipes Eventually banned after WWI |
| Gavrilo Princips | Serbian national and Black Hand member Responsible for the assassination Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, in Sarajevo |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Heir to the Austrian-Hungary throne whose assassination in Sarajevo led to the start of war |
| Black Hand | Secret society of Serbian nationalist responsible for plotting the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand |
| Nationalism | Pride for one’s country Industrial / economic Military Territorial expansion Government… loyalty and devotion to a nation especially as expressed in a glorifying of one nation above all |
| Imperialism | Political, military, and economic domination of a strong national over weaker territories |
| Militarism | Extreme emphasis on military power Glorification of military and military leaders - connected to nationalism Countries spend much of their budgets on military expansion, weapons building, training, and public policies German rulers associated military |
| Alliances | a formal or informal relationship between people, groups, or states joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve a common purpose |
| Eastern Front | Border between: Russia, Germany Austria-Hungary Fighting on multiple fronts: Divided the fighting Weakened military |
| Western Front | Border between: France, Belgium and Germany Saw most of the fighting |
| Schlieffen Plan | German military strategy to avoid a 2-front war Would go through Belgium to get to France Then focus on Russia Strategy failed |
| Influenza September 1918 | Deadly flu virus Started in US and spread worldwide (pandemic) Killing 50 to 100 million |
| Saco & Venzetti 1927 | Italian immigrants and known anarchists Accused of killing two men during a holdup Arrested, charged, convicted, and executed on little to no evidence, Based on their ethnicity and political beliefs |
| Red Scare | Widespread fear of suspected communist and radicals thought to be plotting revolution within the US |
| John Pershing | General of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) to victory during WWI |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | US Senate leader from Massachusetts Voted for US to enter WWI Was against the Treaty of Versailles |
| Woodrow Wilson | 28th President of the United States 1913- 1921 (two terms) President during WWI Tried to remain neutral and keep US out of war |
| Palmer Raids | Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer Series of raids that arrested people thought to be anarchist and radicals Mostly immigrants from southern and eastern Europe never changed with no crime and deported |
| Vladimir Lenin | Soviet Russian communist leader Bolsheviks Revolution Encouraged the spread of socialist ideals and supported revolutions in other countries Treaty of Brest-Litovsk takes Russia out of WWI |
| Czar Nicholas II | Last of the Russian monarchs |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II Nov 1918 | German Kaiser Wilhelm II forced out of power, abdicates, and leaves country End of monarchy Germany becomes a democracy |
| Sir Edward Grey | British Foreign Secretary Issued the British declaration of war against Germany |
| David Lloyd George | Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| George Clemencau | Prime Minister of France |
| Victorio Orlando | Prime Minister of Italy |
| Marshall Foch | French General Led the Allied forces |
| Creditor nation | Other countries owed the US more money than US owed them 1920s- US richest country Demand for American goods created a trade inbalance European nations borrowed from US |
| Fourteen Points | Woodrow Wilson’s Plan for Peace included Freedom of the seas w/o fear of attack Arms reduction End secret treaties Creation of a peace organization The League of Nations |
| Self-determination | Countries choosing their own government Part of Wilson’s Fourteen Point Plan |
| League of Nations 1920-1946 | Organization of 40 nations that agreed to negotiate disputes rather than resort to war. International body created to prevent future conflicts But they could call for war Not all countries join or they left early |
| Great Migration 1920- 1930 | Movement of over 2 million African Americans from the South to the North |
| Conscientious Objectors | Person whose moral or religious beliefs forbid him or her to fight in wars |
| War Industries Board - WIB | Regulated all industries related to the war effort Determined: What would be made Where they went How much it would cost |
| Bernard Baruch | Wall Street investment broker Head of the WIB |
| Selective Service | May 1917 passed by Congress Authorized the draft for young men for military service 2.8 million drafted out of 24 million registered |
| Espionage Act | June 1917, passed by Congress and enacted severe penalties for anyone engaging in disloyal or treason activities Gave postal authority to ban treasonable or seditious printed material from the mail |
| Sedition Act | 1918 - Congress limited freedom of speech |
| Eugene Debs | Leader of the Socialist Party in America Imprisoned for sedition for giving an antiwar speech |
| Zimmerman Note Mid -Jan 1917 Arthur Zimmermann, German ambassador | Secret coded message from Germany to Mexican gov’t. British intercepted and deciphered message and informed US Germany wanted MEX to declare war on US To prevent US from entering WWI Backfired - US declares war on Germany April 1917 |
| Trench Warfare | a system of trenches dug into the earth surrounded by barbed wire linked together by bunkers, communication trenches and gun placements with opposing troops on each side.They were rat and lice infested; hot is summer and cold in winter In between the |
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