Vocabulary
Militarism
What is the belief & glorifying the build of a military, & keeping an army prepared to defend or attack.
President of the United States during WWI.
Who is President Woodrow Wilson
Seen as the single immediate cause of WWI.
What was the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand.
Established that all men between the age of 21-30 must sign up for the draft.
What is the Selective Service Act.
The Arch Duke of Austria-Hungary
Alliances
What is a union formed for mutual benefit.
Prime minister of Great Britain during WWI.
Who is David Lloyd George
Was the bloodiest battle of the war.
What is the battle of Verdun.
President Wilsons ideas that need to happen in order to avoid another world war.
What is Wilson's 14 Points.
The German Submarine (in German)
What is an Unterseeboot.
Imperialism
What is the policy of acquiring authority over other nations or of acquiring colonies.
Premier of France during WWI.
Who is George Clemenceau.
A British boat that was sunk by German U-boats killing over 1000 people 128 of which were Americans.
What is the Lusitania.
An act established that made it illegal to speak negatively about the government and war efforts.
What is the Sedition Act.
Country that rejected the League of Nations
Who is the United States
Nationalism
What is a belief that one should be loyal to their nation & that their nation in superior.
Prime Minister of Italy during WWI
Who is Vittorio Orlando.
The battle that ended the German spring offensive.
What is the battle of Marne.
What is the Espionage Act.
The treaty that ended the conflict between the Germans & Russians & allowed Germany to move its troops from the Eastern Front to the Western Front.
What is the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Isolationism
What is the policy of isolating one’s country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances or other international agreements
Kaiser of the German Empire during WWI
Who is Wilhelm II.
Four different technologies that made WWI the deadliest war in history.
New Rifles, Poison Gas, Armored Tanks, Airplanes, etc
The treaty at the end of the war between France, Italy, Great Britain, & the United States.
What is the Treaty of Versailles
Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland