WWI 7.1-7.2

The Start

100

This is the term for when countries pledge to assist each other if one of them gets in a conflict.

Alliance

200

This is the term for extreme pride in a country.

Nationalism

300

This is the stockpiling of weapons and the glorification of the military.

Militarism

400

This is the term for when a country takes over the social, political, or economic aspects of another country.

Imperialism

500

This is the main reason people in the United States were willing to get involved in the War.

Germany's submarine tactics and the Lusitania.

Names

100

This is the name of the alliance that had Russia, France, Britain, and eventually the U.S. 

The Allies

200

This is the name of the alliance that contained Germany, the Austria-Hungarian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire.

The Central Powers

300

This is the name of the person who was assassinated (the death that kicked of the war).

Franz Ferdinand

400

This is the name of the plan Germany had for the plan to surprise attack France through Belgium.

The Schlieffen Plan.

500

This is the name of the conscientious objector who ended up joining the war for the U.S. (making a huge difference).

Alvin York

Weapons

100

This method of warfare was not new, but it was used in WWI and was the reason the war was so ineffective and why it was a stalemate for so long.

Trench Warfare

200

This was the invention the Germans used in WWI without restriction - sinking ships that were in British waters (no matter where the ship was from).

U-Boats

300

This was the invention that allowed soldiers to mow over barbed wire and other hazards in no-man's-land.

Tanks

400

This was the name for the law that got many men registered for service in the United States.

The Selective Service Act

500

This is the name for the technique Allies used to protect merchant ships (and supply ships) from the Germans.  It involved surrounding these ships with destroyer ships.

Convoys