Causes of the War
The word used to described how industrialized nations established colonies in other parts of the world.
What is imperialism?
The name of the group consisting of Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Japan, and later the United States (1917) who fought together in World War I.
Who were the Allies?
The name of the American troops sent to Europe in 1917.
What is the American Expeditionary Force (AEF)?
A law that placed heavy penalties on spying, sabotage, or hindering military conscription (draft).
What is the Espionage Act of 1917?
President Wilson's suggestions for world peace.
What are the Fourteen Points?
Agreements between nations to defend one another in case of war.
What are alliances?
This group consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey), and others that fought against the Allies in World War I.
Who are the Central Powers?
An agreement by both sides in a war to stop fighting.
What is armistice?
A mass movement of African Americans out of the South and into the North that began during World War I and continued decades after the war.
What is the Great Migration?
This was an organization of Nations designed to promote world peace; excluded the Central Powers and Russia; the United States chose not to join.
What is the League of Nations?
Encouraged new technologies that made weapons more deadly. Nations stockpiled ammunition and began building their armies to prepare for potential conflicts.
What is militarism?
Battles that were fought on the western border of Germany. Germany planned to win quickly here. Afterwards, they planned to attack Russia at this location along the German-Russian border.
What are the Western and Eastern Fronts?
A law that enacted a draft; required young men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service.
What is the Selective Service Act of 1917?
First Amendment case arising from the Espionage Act where the Supreme Court ruled that free speech could be infringed in time of war if the speech presented a "clear and present danger".
What is Schenck v. U.S.?
These are payments made for war expenses and damages.
What are reparations?
A feeling of pride for one's nation and culture.
What is nationalism?
The nickname of German pilot Manfred von Richthofen.
What is the "Red Baron"?
This was a German pledge not to sink civilian ships and to sink only ships carrying military supplies after the crew were safely evacuated.
What is the Sussex Pledge?
This was the amendment to the Espionage Act that included penalties for speaking or writing against the government or the military or for encouraging a slowdown in war production.
What is the Sedition Act of 1918?
The treaty between the Allies and Germany that outlined terms of peace after World War I.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The assassination of this heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne in June of 1914, while visiting Bosnia was considered the spark that lit the fuse to a world war.
Who was Archduke Ferdinand?
This was the name of the aerial battles between warplanes during World War I.
What were dogfights?
A telegram from the German Ambassador to Mexico asking Mexico to fight against the United States.
What is the Zimmerman Note?
This is an agency that regulated the production and distribution of food.
What is the U.S. Food Administration?
The Treaty of Versailles established this organization. It was President Wilson's idea but when the Senate failed to ratify the treaty, the United States failed to join. The organization attempted to maintain world peace, but without the United States, it was destined to fail.
What is the League of Nations?