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G146 - World War I
Mr. Dowd's Class: Unit 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Militarism | The glorification and support of increased mobilization and armies |
| Nationalism | Being loyal to people of similar background and culture |
| Fourteen Points | President Woodrow Wilson's Post-WWI plans |
| League of Nations | A group of representatives from many different countries whose goal is to resolve world conflicts and issues peacefully |
| Total War | When a country's economy and lifestyle is controlled by the wartime government |
| New Weapons of War | Tanks, Large Artillery, Poison Gas, The Machine Gun |
| New Medicine | Vaccines and other techniques used to fight diseases like the "Spanish Flu" |
| Women's Suffrage | A movement for women to gain equality and privileges in society, mainly the right to vote |
| Diplomacy | The usually peaceful use of politics to prevent or resolve conflicts |
| Alliances | When countries pledge to help each other in times of war |
| Treaty of Versailles | The main peace treaty that emerged after World War I, punished Germany on the terms of "War Guilt" |
| Balkans | People who live in the Balkan Peninsula, near the Black and Mediterranean Seas |
| Schlieffen Plan | Germany's plan to win World War 1: quickly defeat the French, then attack the slow-mobilizing Russians |
| Trench Warfare | When opposing sides in a war fight from earthen ditches |
| Central powers | Germany, The Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria, and The Ottoman Empire in World War 1 |
| Allies | Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Japan, and later the United States of America in World War 1 |
| Black Hand | A secret group of nationalists who planned to remove Austro-Hungarian rule from Bosnia, included Gavrilo Princip |
| Lusitania | A passenger ship that was sunk by German submarines because it was carrying ammunition, one of the triggers of US involvement in World War 1 |
| Unrestricted Submarine Warfare | The German policy of attacking any ship near British waters without warning |
| Zimmerman Note | A German offer to Mexico which said that Germany would help Mexico reconquer lost land from the US in return for support in World War 1, when it was intercepted it was the "last straw" in US involvement in World War 1 |
| Propaganda | One-sided release of news and campaigning to generate good morale and support for an organization |
| Armistice | A peace agreement that ends or postpones a war |
| Gallipoli Campaign | The allies' attempt to capture the Dardanelles Strait and gain access to the Ottoman capital and a shipping route to Russia, FAILED |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | The German ruler who forced Otto von Bismarck to resign and failed to keep up a treaty with Russia, which eventually lost them as an ally |
| Czar Nicholas II | The ruler of Russia during World War 1, resigned before Russia left the war and was replace by Vladimir Lenin |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | The heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne whose murder was one of the main causes of World War 1 |
| Gavrilo Princip | A Serbian nationalist who murdered Archduke Franz Ferdinand, a member of The Black Hand |
| Woodrow Wilson | The US president who asked congress to enter World War 1, one of the most influential leaders at the Paris Peace Conference who detailed the Fourteen Points |
| Georges Clemenceau | The French leader who was one of the most influential people at the Paris Peace Conference |
| Vitorio Orlando | The Italian leader who was one of the most influential people at the Paris Peace Conference |
| David Lloyd George | The British leader who was one of the most influential people at the Paris Peace Conference |
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