Causes
Building up your army and navy
Required American men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register to be drafted.
Selective Service Act
He trained the AEF troops (U.S. army and navy)
General Pershing
A long series of trenches on the border of Germany and France
The Western Front
Airplanes battling each other in the sky
Dogfight
A strong sense of pride and loyalty to one's country
Nationalism
While riding through the streets, this heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne and his wife were assasinated.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
people who favor the equal distribution of wealth and the end of all forms of private property.
Communists
The Triple Alliance consisted of which three countries?
Italy
Germany
Austria-Hungary
A style of warfare where soldiers defended a position by fighting from the protection deep ditches dug into the ground.
Trench Warfare
an agreement between two or more countries to support and defend each other during war.
Alliance
German U-Boats sank this ship in 1915. 128 Americans were on board and died as a result.
The Lusitania
Gavrilo Princep
Russia
France
Dangerous area of barren land between the trenches. Was barren because of artillery shelling.
No Man's Land
the policy of extending a nationʼs authority by acquiring territories abroad and establishing economic and political control over such territories.
Imperialism
Germany sent this to Mexico, promising them American land if they allied with Germany.
The Zimmermann Note/Telegram
Leader of Germany during WWI that fled to the Netherlands when defeat was imminent.
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Name three of The Central Powers
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria
branch of public relations devoted to manipulating people's attitude toward a war or war in general, rather than engaging in open dialogue. Swayed the American public’s opinion to support the Allies and the war
Propoganda
When a country prepares their armies for war- involves getting troops trained, transporting troops as well as food and supplies to where the action is.
Mobilization
The event that ended the war. Signed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918.
The Armistice (or truce)
An all African-American infantry that fought in WWI from America for the Allies.
The Harlem Hellfighters
Name three of the Allied Forces
Britain
Italy
France
USA
Russia
Serbia
Japan
a situation in which neither side can win a decisive victory. (led to the battles of Verdun and The Somme)
Stalemate