Vocabulary
Which term refers to the gathering of resources to prepare for war?
mobilization
Who were the Allied Powers?
Great Britain, France and Russia
On October 4, 1918, the Germans asked Wilson for _____________ (an agreement to end the fighting).
armistice
British luxury cruise ship that sank
Lusitania
What's the name given to people who oppose the use of violence?
Pacifists
What was the name given to U.S. soldiers because of the shape of the buttons on their uniforms?
doughboys
Who were the Central Powers?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire
Belgium
trenches
A feeling of intense loyalty to a country or group is ___________.
nationalism
What is the term that means "to limit use of something?"
rationing
Who was the commander of the American Expeditionary Force?
Gen. John J. Pershing
Bloodiest, longest battle of WWI
Battle of Verdun
Whose assassination started WWI?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
When a nation increases its military strength, its rivals feel threatened and build up their forces as well. What is this called?
militarism
A poster that showed the horrors of German cruelty and called Germans "barbarians" would be an example of what?
propaganda
Who created the Fourteen Points?
President Woodrow Wilson
More than 1 million American troops joined the Allies in this battle, which became the biggest attack in American history
Battle of Argonne Forest
Did the United States sign the Treaty of Versailles in 1920?
no
When neither side can make progress in a war, they have reached a ______________.
stalemate
a group created, as a result of Wilson's Fourteen Points, to preserve peace and prevent future wars
League of Nations
Who wrote (and sent) a secret telegram stating that Germany would enter an alliance with Mexico against the U.S. if the U.S. entered the war? The telegram was intercepted by British agents.
Arthur Zimmerman
Which battle was the first battle of WWI, which started the beginning of trench warfare?
First Battle of the Marne
The Allies used these, or navy ships that sailed side-by-side with merchant ships to protect them
convoys
What caused the U.S. to enter WWI?
American deaths as a result of Germany's torpedo attack on the British ship, the Lusitania, which caused the ship to sink.