Term | Definition |
Nationalism | A devotion to the interests and culture of one's nation. |
Militarism | The policy of building up armed forces in aggressive preparedness for war and their use as a tool for diplomacy. |
Allies | In wwI the group of nations that opposed the central powers. |
Central Powers | The group of nations that apposed allies during world war I |
Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Herr to the Austrian throne visited Bosnian capital Sarajevo got shot and died. |
No Man's Land | An unoccupied region between opposing armies. |
Trench warfare | Military operations in which the opposing forces attack and counterattack from systems of fortified ditches rather than on an open battlefield. |
Lusitania | A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German u-boat. |
Zimmermann note | A message sent in 1917 by the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in mexico, proposing a German-Mexican alliance and promising to help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona if the United States entered world war I |
Eddie Rickenbacker | famous fighter pilot of wwI, well known race car driver before war. |
Selective Service Act | Enacted in 1917, that required men to register for military service. |
Convoy System | The protection of merchant ships from u-boat attacks by having the ships travel in large groups escorted by warships. |
American Expeditionary Force | The U.S. forces who fought with the allies in Europe during world war I |
General John J. Pershing | Led American Expeditionary Force |
Alvin York | One of Americas greatest war hero, became famous. |
Conscientious Objector | A person who refuses, on moral grounds, to participate in warfare. |
Armistice | A truce or agreement to end an armed conflict. |
War Industries Board | An agency established in 1973 limiting a president's right to send troops into battle without consulting congress. |
Bernard M. Baruch | Leader of the war industries board in 1918 a prosperous Business man |
Propaganda | A kind of biased communication designed to influence people's thoughts and actions. |
George Creel | head of the CPI a former muckraking journalist. |
Espionage and Sedition Acts | Two laws enacted in 1917 and 1918 that imposed harsh penalties to anyone interfering with or against U.S participation world war I |
Great Migration | The large-scale movement of African Americans from the south to northern cities in the early 20th century. |
Fourteen Points | The principles making up president Woodrow Wilson's plan for world peace following world war I |
League of Nations | An association of nations established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace. |
Georges Clemenceau | french premier lived through 2 German invasions of France and was determined to prevent further invasions. |
David Lloyd George | British Prime minister had won reelection on the slogan "make Germany pay" |
Treaty of Versailles | the 1919 peace treaty at the end of world war I which established new nations, boarders, and war reparations. |
Reparations | the compensation paid by a defeated nation for the damage or injury it inflicted during the war. |
War-Guilt Clause | a provision in the treaty of Versailles by which Germany acknowledged that it alone was responsible for wwI |
Henry Cabot Lodge | Head of conservative senators suspicious of the provisions for joint economic and military action against aggression even though it was voluntary. |