Vocabulary
What is Militarism?
Building of one’s military to prepare for war
What country was the Black Hand from?
Serbia
Name two reasons why the US entered the war.
The sinking of the Lusitania
The Zimmerman Telegraph
(bonus points: Russian Revolution)
What are victory gardens?
Gardens planted by families to conserve food.
Who were the Harlem Hell Fighters?
A group of African American soldiers that fought alongside France
What is Nationalism?
Pride in one’s country!
Why did WW1 start in Europe?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the alliance system
Who was the President during WW1?
Woodrow Wilson
Who benefited from the food saved from Victory Gardens?
The troops overseas
What is the significance of the battle at Argonne Forest?
The battle where the Allied forces defeated Germany
What is a Kaiser?
The Emperor of Germany
Why did so many countries get involved in the war?
The alliance system
What was the Selective Service Act?
A Law that requires all men from age 18-21 to register for the war
List three ways that the Wartime Industry improved working conditions.
Better hours
Fair Wages
Stronger Unions
Name 2 conditions of Germany’s surrender.
The Kaiser abdicated his position
Germany must agree to a peace plan
What does Armistice mean?
An Agreement between nations to stop fighting
Who made up the Central Powers?
Germany
Austria Hungary
Turkish-Ottoman Empire
What is a draft?
Eligible men put their names in a “raffle” to enlist in the war
How did women help on the home front?
They took over the jobs for men that were called to war.
Which of the points from President Wilson was used in the Treaty of Verasailles
The 14th point
What does Abdicate mean?
To give up power.
Who made up with Allied Powers?
Great Britain
France
Russia
True or False, African Americans were put in the same units as the white enlisted troops.
FALSE
What was the Great Migration?
Many African Americans and Mexican Americans moved from the South to the North
What did the 14th point eventually turn into?
The League of Nations