World War 1 - A
A union formed between countries for shared benefit.
What is an Alliance?
France, Great Britain, Russia
Who were the Ally Powers?
Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary,
Who were the Central Powers?
The president of the U.S. during WWI.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
World Powers acquiring territories that were considered to be primitive.
What is Imperialism?
loyalty and pride in your nation or people and can be accompanied by feelings of superiority over other nations.
What is Nationalism?
One of the treaties that ended the First World War; it put harsh rules on Germany.
The name for the war bonds that the U.S. government sold, and strongly encouraged Americans to buy, as a way of raising money for the war effort.
The fear about the possibility of a Bolshevik revolution in the U.S.; fear over Communist infiltrators led Americans to restrict and discriminate against any radical dissent.
What is the 1st Red Scare?
A military strategy that was used to try and reduce the number of casualties during the war.
What is Trench Warfare?
An epidemic that spread throughout Europe and America, killing thousands of troops and civilians during the war.
What is the Spanish Flu Pandemic?
A foreign policy that calls for not taking sides in any wars, but maintaining trade between warring countries.
What is Neutrality?
President Wilson’s postwar peace plan, which called for openness in matters of diplomacy, free trade, freedom of the seas, and an end to secret negotiations, among others.
What is Wilson's Fourteen Points?
A law that called for the expansion of the U.S. Naval Fleet.
What is the Naval Appropriations Act?
A law that the U.S. government passed which required young men to sign up for the draft.
What is the Selective Service Act?
The country that created the Schlieffen Plan designed to knock out one ally to avoid fighting on 2 fronts.
Who is Germany?
A telegram sent from Germany to Mexico which invited Mexico to fight alongside Germany should America enter the war on the side of the Allies.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
A belief that a strong military force should be kept and used aggressively to defend or promote national interests
What is Militarism?
Information produced by governments, presented in such a way as to inspire and spread certain beliefs or opinions.
What is propaganda?
Wilson's plan to unite foreign countries under one organization to promote global peace after the Great War.
What is the League of Nations?
Germany promising the US they will not torpedo any merchant ship without warning.
What is the Sussex Pledge?
The groups of people who benefitted from new opportunities, such as higher wages and solid industry jobs, during the War.
Who were Women & African Americans?
A law designed to pay for the war effort by increasing taxes up to 77% on the wealthiest Americans.
What is the War Revenue Act?
2 laws that removed some freedoms & rights of American citizens, which lead to mass imprisonment and tension between the people and the government.
The Espionage Act & The Sedition Act
The function of this committee was to create and distribute wartime propaganda.
What is the Committee of Public Information?