People
Who devised the Schlieffen Plan?
Alfred Von Schlieffen
What word means payment for war damages?
reparations
telegram that was to bring Mexico into the war against the United States
Zimmerman note
Who signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
Vladimir Lenin
George Clemenceau
Who was the Italian Prime Minister who attended the Paris peace conference
Vittorio Orlando
What word means a cease-fire?
armistice
When did the US enter the war?
April 2, 1917
treaty between Russia and Germany after the Russian Revolution; pulled Russia out of World War I
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Who are the big four
Orlando, Lloyd George, Clemenceau, and Wilson
Who created a plan for Germany, to make manageable war payments?
Charles Dawes
What was another name for German submarines?
U boats
On May 7, 1915, what sank as a result of German u-boats?
Who, in 1915, joined the Allies secretly and declared war on the Central Powers though it had been neutral for the beginning of the war?
Italy
When is armistice day/ Veterans Day?
11/11/1918; November 11 1918
Who stopped Germany’s 1918 offense before American forces arrived
Ferdinand Foch
political unification with Germany
Anschluss
In 1915, what did Germany declare against Britain?
Submarine blockade
one of the most notable heroes of World War I for his actions in October 1918; helped capture over 100 Germans in an impossible situation
Alvin C York
known as The Red Baron; fighter pilot in Germany in the Great War
Manfred von Richthofen
Who represented Great Britain at the Paris Peace Conference?
David Lloyd George
warfare of the Great War; type of fighting where both sides stayed in deep trenches to avoid the gunfire "up top"; used on the Western front and the line between France and Germany that never moved
Trench warfare
Name 2 out of the six reasons the US joined the war
German submarine campaign, ties with Britain and France, German plot, Allied propaganda, monetary ties, and balance of power
Which peninsula did Britain launch a naval attack on to gain control of an area in the Balkans?
fought with the Harlem Hell Fighters; received the Medal of Honor
Henry Johnson