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WWI vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nationalism | feelings of pride, loyalty and devotion to your own country |
| Alliance | groups of countries joined together and promised to protect each other in combat shared enemies |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | assassination by Serbian nationalist broke alliances and sparked WWI |
| Woodrow Wilson | President during WWI |
| The Lusitania | British passenger ship sunk by German submarine - pushed US into WWI |
| Zimmerman Telegram | secret message sent by Germany trying to convince Mexico to attack US in exchange for lost territory |
| Propaganda | using advertisements, posters, films, and media to influence public opionion |
| Selective Service Act | law created the military draft, requiring men to register for voluntary or forced service |
| Harlem Hellfighters | all-black US Army regiment that fought in WWI, spent more time in trenches than almost any other unit |
| Trench Warfare | style of fighting that debuted in WWI, soldiers lived and fought out of long, protective ditches in the ground |
| New Tech of WWI | industrialization led to new weapons like poison gas, battleships, grenade launchers, flamethrowers, trench knives, sniper masks/rifles, tanks, and machine guns |
| Communism | political and economic system based on sharing of property in a society and equal distribution of wealth |
| Reparations | large financial death payments made by defeated country after a war so they can pay for damages |