Vocabulary
a devotion to the interests and culture of one's nation.
Nationalism
most effectively used by Germans and used to take down battleships
Submarines
2 front war
Schlieffen Plan
His death was the spark of the Great War
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What was the spark that started The Great War?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The development of armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy.
Militarism
a weapon that caused blindness, internal burns, blisters, and death
Poison Gas
men were required to register for military service
Selective Service Act
United States leader during the Great War
Woodrow Wilson
Who makes up the big 4?
US, France, Britain, and Italy
war damages
Reparations
a weapon that caused 85%-90% of all casualties in the war
Machine Guns
a truce that ended the war November 11, 1918
Armistice
Led Germany though the Great War
Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert
What was Wilson's 14th point?
The League of Nations
extreme nationalism
Jingoism
a new type of military power introduced in 1915 during the 1st Battle of Somme
Tanks
Be barred from maintaining a full army with no air force or U-Boats, they had to return land to France and lost colonies, Germany had to pay ALL the reparations to the Allies.
war guilt clause
France leader during the Great War
Georges Clemenceau
Who are the Allied powers?
France, Britain, and Italy
colonies supplied the European imperial powers with raw materials and provided markets for manufactured goods.
Imperialism
Originally used for reconnaissance but then later brought to the war with machine guns strapped to them
Airplanes
restricts individual liberties, affected freedom of speech because it allowed the govt to silence ideas that challenged its authority.
Espionage & Sedition Act
Leader of Italy during the Great War
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Who are the central powers?
Germany and Austria-Hungary