History 1
The building up of military strength in Western Europe leading up to World War I
Militarism
The practice during World War I of digging long ditches to avoid gunfire. These ditches lasted throughout the war and resulted in unsanitary living conditions for troops and heavy casualties.
Trench Warfare
The gathering and moving of troops and resources in preparation for action
Mobilization
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
Propaganda
An agreement to stop fighting
Armistice
An agreement between nations to defend each other if threatened by another country
Alliance System
In WWI, the battle lines between Germany and France
The Western Front
British campaign to capture the Dardenelles Strait. This failed horribly because the British did not have many soldiers to spare for the campaign.
Galipoli Campaign
A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort
Total War
An international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations
League of Nations
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
Imperialism
In WWI, the battle lines between Germany and Russia
The Eastern Front
A policy that the Germans announced on January 1917 which stated that their submarines would sink any ship in the British waters
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
A limited portion or allowance of food or goods; limitation of use
Rationing
France, Great Britain, Russia, United States, Japan, and Italy
Allied Powers (WWI)
The concept that groups of people who share a strong cultural identity (and often same language) should control the territory they occupy.
Nationalism
A new weapon of warfare deployed in WWI that led to significant casualties and the necessity of trench warfare
Machine Guns
A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war.
Lusitania
28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership, Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
Central Powers
The event that triggered World War I
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
German submarines used in World War I
U-boats
Sent from German Foreign Secretary, addressed to German minister in Mexico City. Mexico should attack the US if US goes to war with Germany. In return, Germany would give back Tex, NM, Arizona etc to Mexico.
Zimmerman Telegram
A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I.
Fourteen Points