Causes of World War One
a union or association formed for mutual benefit, typically between countries or organizations
What is an alliance?
The side that includes France, Britain, Italy, Russia, Japan, and the US
Who are the Allied Powers?
Germany's plan to fight a two-front war
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
President Wilson's Plan for peace
What are the Fourteen Points?
a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force - was a competition to see who would be the most powerful in Europe
What is imperialism?
The American president who tried to keep the US out of the Great War for as long as possible
Who is President Woodrow Wilson?
the front where most of the trench fighting happened
What is The Western Front?
Americans would buy them from the government and the government would use that money to fund the war effort
What is a Liberty Bond?
British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-boat with 100+ Americans on board
What is the Lusitania?
Love of one's country and the belief that your country is superior to others.
What is nationalism?
The country that dropped out of the Allied Powers to concentrate on their Communist Revolution
Who is Russia?
When neither side really progresses. Both sides are sort of stuck in the same position
What is a stalemate?
This necessity was rationed after Herbert Hoover said that people could only buy certain types on certain days,
What is food?
Germany's tactic to control the Atlantic Ocean and stop help from getting to Great Britain, HINT they were hovering below the surface
What is submarine warfare?
Killing someone for political motives, as Gavrillo Princip did to Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, is an example of this
What is assassination?
The side of the war that includes Germany, Austria- Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire
Who are the Central Powers?
When one side went "over the top" they charged onto this
What is No Man's Land?
When the war effort affected everyone - civilians and soldiers alike
What is total war?
In this, Germany had to pay 33 billion dollars. Germany lost land to Poland and France. Germany lost most of its military.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Another word for the arms race between Germany and Great Britain.
What is militarism?
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge (and other Senators) hated this new international peacekeeping organization which is why the U.S. doesn't join
What is the League of Nations?
Miraculous defense of Paris when French reinforcements were brought to the front by taxi cabs preventing the city from falling under German control
What is the "Miracle of the Marne" or Battle of Marne?
Mental instability based on the repeated exposure to the horrors of war
What is Shell-shock?
In this the US discovers that Germany wants to team up with Mexico
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?