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Vocabulary ww1
World War 1 (1914 - 1918)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Central power | Opposed the allies. Led by: Germany, Austria Hungary, and the ottoman empire (turkey). |
| Allies | Group of nations consisting of Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Japan, and later the US. |
| Kaiser Wilhem 2 | Germany's last Kaiser. |
| U-boats | subamarines from Germany. |
| Lusitiana | British liner that sank off the southern coast of Ireland (may 7, 1915) by german u boats. |
| Zimmerman note | A telegram from the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico that was intercepted by british agents. |
| Sussex Pledge | Promise made by Germany to the US not to sink any more ships with that warning. |
| Jeanatte Pankin | First woman in the US congress from Montana. Only one to vote against world war 1 and 2. |
| Fourteen points | Speech delivered by Woodrow Wilson before congress to prevent another world war. |
| League of Nations | International alliance to maintain world peace and created by the US. |
| George Creel | Head of the CPI and former muckracker that persuaded Americans by propaganda using poster. |
| Espionage and sedition Act | Act used to silent anybody opposing WWI. |
| Bernard Baruch | A prosperous business man that was head of the world industry board. Transformed everything from peace world to war time. |
| 19th Amendment | Woman suffrage. |
| Herbert Hoover | Head of the Food administration. 31ST president of the US. |
| Doughboys | Informal term for an American soldier, especially members of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in World War 1. |
| John. J Pershing | American general of U.S Army that led the American Expeditionary in France. |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | Head of conservative senators from Mass. Wilson's political enemy. |
| Big Four | Main leaders and participants in the Paris Peace conference. GB (George), France (clemenceau), U.S (Wilson), and Italy (Orlando). |
| Treaty of Versailles | Treaty that ended WW1 and blamed Germany. |
| Irreconciliables | Republicans who opposed wilson and were bitter opponets of the treaty of Versailles in the United States in 1919. |