WWI Vocabulary
An extreme pride or love for your country.
What is Nationalism
The event that sparked WWI.
What is assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
How did the government find the money to finance the war?
What are War Bonds?
This group of people served as nurses, typists, bookkeepers, radio operators, phone operators, electricians and telegraphers.
Who are women?
Released into the air that attacked not only soldiers but innocent people nearby
What is chemical warfare?
The Food Administration encouraged Americans to support the war efforts by
What is planting Victory Gardens?
Germany promising not to sink merchant vessels “without warning and without saving human lives.”
What is the Sussex Pledge?
3 countries of the Triple Entente?
Great Britain, France, and Russia
The United States President during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
Could fire several bullets a minute...was new in WWI
What is a machine gun?
The Espionage Act of 1917made it illegal to
What is openly criticize US Participation in the war/speak out against the government during war
The country in which Archduke Francis Ferdinand was from.
What is Austria-Hungary.
3 Countries of the Triple Alliance
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
This kind of combat uses long narrow trenches.
What is trench warfare?
built very durable but moved very very slowly and did not make much of a difference in the war
What are tanks?
June 1917. This act allowed postal authorities to ban treasonable media from the mail and resulted in severe penalties for anyone engaged in treasonable activities.
What is the Espionage Act?
This Ship was sunken by a German U-boat and prompted the US into getting involved into WWI.
What is the Lusitania?
The name given to the alliance of: Austria-Hungary, The Ottoman Empire, and Germany.
What are the Central Powers.
A group of African-Americans who fought in the French Air Force
Who are the Harlem Hell Fighters
Dug into the ground to help hide from the enemy but was ineffective due to diseases and missiles
What are Trenches?
False reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States, or to promote the success of its enemies was made illegal by which act
What is the Sedition Act?
Families moving from southern rural areas to urban areas, seeking better economic opportunities and less discrimination.
What is the Great Migration?
Germany said "The Americans will not even come because our submarines will sink them. Thus, America from a military point of view means nothing and again nothing and for a third time nothing." The US responded by
What is mobilizing several million troops within a year?
Woodrow Wilson made this speech in April 1918, giving advice to Europe after WWI.
14 Points
Airborne devices to aide in the war
What are Zeppelins ?
peace agreement that the was adopted at the end of World War I that included blaming Germany for the entirety of the war
What is the 14 point plan?
After WWI, this treaty told Germany what to do, and what reparations to pay after WWI
Treaty of Versailles
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and other senators opposed Wilson’s Fourteen Points and the League of Nations because these senators
Did not want the US to be brought into future conflicts
the ultimatum US Pres. Wilson gave to Germany stating that if they did not stop the U-boat attacks, we would break diplomatic relations with them; signaling our willingness to go to war
What is the Sussex Pledge?
Device thrown into enemy territory that exploded on impact
What are grenades?