War Begins
The Triple Alliance
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Declared war on Serbia
Austria-Hungary
African American unit that received highest French military honor
Harlem Hellfighters
British passenger ship sunk by Germany
Lusitania
Wilson's multiple step peace plan AND his idea for a group that would defend every nation's independence
Fourteen Points; League of Nations
The Triple Entente
UK, France, Russia
Declared war on Russia
Germany
country that left the Central Powers for the Allies
Italy
Germany message to Mexico attempting to stall the US
Zimmermann Telegram
treaty that ruined Germany for years to come
Versailles
Trench warfare often ended in
stalemate
from one trench to another, soldiers would run across
No-Man's Land
Bolshevik leader who pulled Russia out of war
Lenin
agreement that U-boats would surface to warn ships
Sussex Pledge
leaders of UK and France
David Lloyd George; Georges Clemenceau
Britain declared war on Germany because
they invaded Belgium
Assassinated leader of Austria-Hungary
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Middle-Eastern empire that joined Central Powers
Ottoman Empire
leader of American forces during war
John Pershing
ethnic groups have the right to have their own countries
Self Determination
Schlieffen Plan
take France quickly
starving a country into defeat was done with
blockade
Bloodiest battle of the war
Somme
illegal to speak out against government
Sedition Act
most decorated US soldier of war
Alvin York