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WWI Vocabulary

WWI General and Extension Vocabulary

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Imperialism When a stronger nation takes control over a weaker nation for political, economic and militaristic reasons.
Alliance An agreement to help another country.
Central Powers An alliance of Austria-Hungry, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire.
Espionage Act/Sedition Act Limited the free speech that spoke out against World War I.
Lusitania A British passenger ship sunk by German U-boats. 128 Americans died. Americans felt this was a terrorist attack and used this as a reason to enter World War I.
Neutral Refusing to take sides during a war.
Armistice Cease fire. (Stop fighting)
Fourteen Points Woodrow Wilson's goals for peace after WWI.
Militarism Belief that a nation needs a large military force. / Building up ones military.
Archduke Ferdinand The heir to the Austria-Hungry throne who was shot and killed by a Serbian. His death was the spark that started WWI.
Bolshevik (Russian Revolution) The Russian Tzar was overthrown and killed as Communists took over Russia, and as a result Russia dropped out of WWI.
Zimmerman Telegram The United States discovered a telegram that Germany sent to Mexico, asking them to attack the U.S..P
Propaganda Using the media to promote a certian opinion and influence public opinion.
Woodrow Wilson President during WWI and author of the Fourteen Point peace plan.
Treaty of Versailles The treaty that ended WWI and blamed Germany for the war. This eventually became the cause of WWII.
Nationalism Pride in one's nation.
Allied Powers An alliance of Russia, Serbia, England, France and the United States (1917).
Home Front The country a soldier is defending during a war.
U-Boat Underwater boat/submarine
Trench Warfare A kind of warfare during WWI in which troops huddled in the bottom of ditches and fired artillery and machine guns at each other.
League of Nations Association of nations to protect the independence of member nations.
Reparations War repayments
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