World War 1 - A
A union formed between countries for shared benefit.
What is an Alliance?
France, Great Britain, Russia
Who were the Ally Powers?
Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary,
Who were the Central Powers?
Spark that began World War 1.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
World Powers acquiring territories that were considered to be primitive.
What is Imperialism?
loyalty and pride in your nation or people and can be accompanied by feelings of superiority over other nations.
What is Nationalism?
One of the treaties that ended the First World War; it put harsh rules on Germany.
The name for the war bonds that the U.S. government sold, and strongly encouraged Americans to buy, as a way of raising money for the war effort.
What are Liberty Bonds?
A belief that a strong military force should be kept and used aggressively to defend or promote national interests
What is Militarism?
A military strategy that was used to try and reduce the number of casualties during the war.
What is Trench Warfare?
Payments to cover damages (in war)
What are reparations?
A foreign policy that calls for not taking sides in any wars, but maintaining trade between warring countries.
What is Neutrality?
President Wilson’s postwar peace plan, which called for openness in matters of diplomacy, free trade, freedom of the seas, and an end to secret negotiations, among others.
What is Wilson's Fourteen Points?
The groups of people who benefitted from new opportunities, such as higher wages and solid industry jobs, during the War.
Who were Women & African Americans?
A law that the U.S. government passed which required young men to sign up for the draft.
What is the Selective Service Act?
A deadlock in which neither side is strong enough to defeat the other.
What is a stalemate?
A telegram sent from Germany to Mexico which invited Mexico to fight alongside Germany should America enter the war on the side of the Allies.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
The area of land in between opposing trenches.
What is No Man's Land?
The president of the U.S. during WWI.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Wilson's plan to unite foreign countries under one organization to promote global peace after the Great War.
What is the League of Nations?
A British cruise-liner with 128 Americans on it- torpedoed by a German submarine.
What is the Lusitania?
The idea that a nation pours all of its political, economic and social resources at the war effort.
What is total war?
2 laws that removed some freedoms & rights of American citizens, which lead to mass imprisonment and tension between the people and the government.
The Espionage Act & The Sedition Act
An agreement to stop fighting.
What is an armistice?
The Medal of Honor winner during WW1. He captured over 130 German troops during the Battle of Argonne Forest.
What is Alvin York.