Vocabulary
What is the group of nations called that originally consisting of Great Britain, France, and Russia?
Allies
Who was a prosperous businessman?
Bernard M. Baruch
A secret telegram from the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico was intercepted and decoded by British agents.
Zimmerman Note
What famous fighter pilot of World War I was well known as a racecar driver before the war.
Eddie Rickenbacker
How many deaths of soldiers were there?
20 million
What was Wilson´s plan called?
Fourteen Points
The head of the CPI was a former muckraking journalist?
George Creel
To meet the government’s need for more fighting power, Congress passed this act.
Selective Service Act
The first U.S. troops arrived in France in late June 1917?
John J. Pershing
What year did America join WW1?
1917
What land is an unoccupied region between opposing armies?
No Mans Land
This person had lived through two German invasions of France?
Georges Clemenceau
An empire of mostly Middle Eastern lands controlled by the Turks.
Central Powers
The British prime minister had just won reelection on the slogan “Make Germany Pay.”
David Lloyd George
When did WW1 end?
November 11, 1918
Devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation.
Nationalism
He was one of America’s greatest war heroes?
Alvin York
A person could be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced to 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort.
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Conservative senators, were suspicious of the provision for joint economic and military action against aggression, even though it was voluntary.
Henry Cabot Lodge
How old was the youngest soldier to participate in WW1?
12 years old
Established nine new nations—including Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia.
Treaty of Versailles
This person was heir to the Austrian throne, visited the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
European leaders believed that these alliances_____ which each nation or alliance had equal strength.
Balance of Power
Who created the Fourteen Points?
President Wilson
What was the common disease that people contracted from trenches called?
Trench foot