World War I

An end to the fighting Germany signed the armistice on

November 11, 1918 at 11:00 AM. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

A heavy guard of destroyers that escorts merchant ships during wartime

Passed in 1917 this law set heavy fines and long prison terms for antiwar activities and encouraging draft resisters

A 1918 law that made it illegal to criticize the war; it set heavy fines and long prison terms for those who engaged in antiwar activities

President Woodrow Wilson’s goals for peace after World War I

500,000 African Americans left the South for the North between 1910 and 1920

Many women and other minorities also traveled to Northern cities to fill the jobs in factories. Due to the Great War, there was labor shortage on the home front. Thus, women and others did their part by filling in for the men who were in battle.

The policy by which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker nations or territories

The epidemic started at Fort Riley where soldiers lived in crowded and unhealthy conditions

Wilson’s 14th Point An organization set up after World

War I to settle international conflicts If one nation was in trouble, the

other nations would aid it America opposed it Americans did not want another war

British passenger ship the Germans torpedoed using a U-boat

May 7, 1915 1,198 people killed 128 Americans tied Many Americans turned against

Germans Wilson threatens to join Allied forces if

Germany did not stop unrestricted submarine warfare

Belief that a nation needs a large military force

Feeling of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness toward one’s country

Refusing to take sides in a war

An opinion expressed for the purpose of influencing the actions of others

In 1919-1920, a wave of panic from fear of a Communist revolution

Money a defeated country paid for destruction during a war

All men must register for the draft if they are between 21 and 30 years old

People should be able to determine/make choices for themselves

Central Powers Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria

Allies Serbia, Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy

A 1919 treaty that ended World War I

A kind of warfare during World War I in which troops huddled at the bottom of trenches and fired artillery and machine guns at each other

Submarines used by the Germans “undersea boats”

A message sent in 1917 by the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico, proposing a German-Mexican alliance and promising to help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona if the United States entered World War I

Austria-Hungary Germany Ottoman Empire Bulgaria

Serbia Russia Great Britain Italy France

Nationalism Imperialism Militarism System of Alliances

Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary on June 28, 1914

1917 U.S. angry at Germany for

Zimmerman Telegram and the unrestricted submarine warfare

Russian Revolution occurred kicking out Czar Nicholas II

Wilson was now willing to fight for the Allies because he did not want to work with the czar

Motorized tank Airplane (Bi-Plane) Submarines (U-boats or “undersea

boats” Grenades Machine Guns/ Advanced Guns Flame-Throwers Mustard Gas

Meatless Tuesdays Wheatless Mondays and

Wednesdays Liberty Bonds Factories went from peace

production to wartime production (EX: making tanks instead of cars)

Heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary who was killed by a Serbian out of anger for not being a separate country

Immediate cause of WWI

A communist group led by Vladimir Ilich Lenin

After the Bolsheviks seized power Russia left the war and immediately sought to make peace with Germany

Nickname for American soldiers

Oversaw meatless/wheatless days

General of the American Expeditionary Force.

Believed that having “distinct and separate” American combat units would guarantee the U.S. a major role in the peace talks at war’s end

Leader of Germany during World War I

A Kaiser is a German leader

Leader of the Bolsheviks who immediately began peace talks with Germany once Czar Nicholas II stepped down

President of the United States during World War I

When Great War started in 1914 he wanted the U.S. to remain neutral.

In 1917 he had the U.S. join the Allies

The document that summed up his goals for peace were known as the Fourteen Points

Germany accept full blame for war Germany stripped of its colonies and

most of armed forces $33 billion in reparations Divided up Austria-Hungary and the

Ottomans Created Yugoslavia and

Czechoslovakia Recognized Poland’s independence

Thought it locked Americans into foreign affairs

Did not want another war