Key Vocab
What is a stalemate?
Played the role of messenger in the German trenches
Who is Adolf Hitler?
The belief of desire by a country to maintain a strong military.
What is militarism?
120 Americans were killed when this ship was destroyed
What is the Lusitania?
How many points were in Wilson's plan for peace?
What is 14?
Germany's most formidable naval weapon
What are U-boats?
Developed the 14 Points plan for peace
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
What is imperialism?
The Zimmerman Telegram helped make the U.S. aware of an alliance between these two countries.
What are Germany and Mexico?
On November 11, 1918 Germany signed a truce with the Allied powers.
What is an armistice?
Men between the ages of 21-30 could be called into military service.
What is selective service?
Delivered short speeches in variety of public places - hoped to get Americans involved in the war effort
Who are the 4-minute men?
The 3 major Allied & Central Powers at the beginning of WWI
What are France, Great Britain, & Russia & Germany, Austria Hungary & Ottoman Empire.
Made it a crime to speak out against any United States' action in preparing for WWI
What are the espionage & sedition acts?
Germany was forced to make ___ payments that would not be paid in full until 2010
What are reparations?
Ended WWI - primary focus was to punish Germany
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Spoke out against US membership in the League of Nations because it could create another alliance & lead to more war
Who is Henry Cabot Lodge?
____ the leader of ___ was assassinated and WWI began.
Who was Franz Ferdinand & Austria Hungary?
Created to coordinate the production of war materials and the purchase of war supplies
What is the War Industries Board?
What is the creation of the League of Nations?
Countries that made up the "big four"
What are Italy, United States, France, and Great Britain?
David Lloyd George was the leader of which allied country?
What is Great Britain?
___ of ___ was responsible for killing the Archduke and starting WWI.
Who is Gavrillo Princip of Serbia?
This agreement between Germany and Russia helped bring the U.S. into WWI.
What is the Treaty of Brest Litovsk?
Two things the Treaty of Versailles & Wilson's 14 Points had in common
What are: freedom of the seas, reduce military, create league of nations