Terms & Conditions
A union formed between countries for shared benefit.
What is an Alliance?
Which of the M.A.I.N. causes of World War One was linked to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Russia because Germany was already at war with Russia?
Alliances
loyalty and pride in your nation or people and can be accompanied by feelings of superiority over other nations.
What is Nationalism?
a group of countries trying to protect the independence of all countries- small or large. Organization formed after WWI
What is the League of Nations?
Which country was left out of peace talks at the Treaty of Versailles?
Who is Germany?
A belief that a strong military force should be kept and used aggressively to defend or promote national interests
What is Militarism?
Why did the U.S Senate agree not to join the League of Nations?
Information produced by governments, presented in such a way as to inspire and spread certain beliefs or opinions
What is propaganda?
Selective Service Act required men to do what?
What is register for the draft?
Who were the three countries who were apart of the Triple Entente (Allied Powers)?
Britain, France, Russia
the idea that a nation pours all of its political, economic and social resources at the war effort
What is total war?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire were apart of?
Who were the Triple Alliance/Central Powers?
A British cruise-liner with 128 Americans on it- torpedoed by a German submarine.
What is the Lusitania?
Define Imperialism
A system where a powerful nation controls and exploits one or more colonies.
The area of land in between opposing trenches
What is No Man's Land?
U.S. citizens were lending money to the government to pay for the war using what?
What are liberty bonds?
Spark that began World War 1
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A note from Germany to Mexico urging Mexico to attack the US
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
payments to cover damages (in war)
What are reparations?
One of the treaties that ended the First World War; it put harsh rules on Germany.
An agreement to stop fighting.
What is an armistice?
List three reasons why there were more casualties than any other war up to this point:
Disease, Advancement in Technology, Mass Production of weapons, Multiple Countries Involved
The two main reasons the US enters the War
What are the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram?
The "Powder Keg" of Europe (Area controlled by Austria-Hungary)
Balkans
369th infantry regiment consisting of all African-Americans who recorded the most time on the battlefield
Who are the Harlem Hellfighters?