Terms
Building up armed forces for their use in a threatening manner is known as what?
Militarism
His assassination sparked the beginning of WWI
This type of fighting led to a three and a half year stalemate in the war.
Trench warfare
The Espionage and Sedition Acts allowed the government to do what?
Silence opposition to the war or challenge their authority
The practice of acquiring colonies is called what?
Imperialism
American ace pilot in WWI who shot down more than 25 enemy planes
Eddie Rickenbacker
This involved merchant vessels traveling in large groups with naval ships acting as guards.
Convoy System
What was the name of the main wartime regulatory body, which raised industrial production during the war and was headed up by Bernard Baruch?
War Industries Board
Wilson, Clemenceau, Orlando and Lloyd George were given what nickname?
Big 4
The war might have involved only two nations, Austria-Hungary and Serbia if not for what?
Alliances
A conscientious objector who served in the war and won numerous awards for courage and valor for killing and capturing so many enemy soldiers.
Alvin York
Three examples of modern mechanized warfare during WWI
George Creel headed up the WWI propaganda agency. What was it called?
Committee on Public Information
Peace Treat that ended WWI
Name of the British ship sunk by German U-boats which cost the lives of nearly 1200 people.
Lusitania
Commander of the American Expeditionary Force.
John J. Pershing
This was the law that created the military draft.
Selective Service Act
What was a weakness of the treaty ending WWI?
Didn't treat all nations justly--especially the losers
Made Germany accept the war guilt clause
Reparations were too costly
The Great Migration was the large scale movement of hundreds of thousands of Southern African Americans to what places during and after the war?
Northern Cities
George Creel
What military tactic used by the British caused widespread starvation in Germany?
Blockade
Why were labor leaders targeted by the Espionage and Sedition Act?
Demanded better conditions for workers even during a war crisis
What was the name of Wilson's postwar plan?
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