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WWI Review
WWI Review
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Social Studies
8th Grade
03/24/2012

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Woodrow Wilson
Definition
President of United States during WWI.
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Lusitania
Definition
Ship sunk by German U-Boat
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Central Powers
Definition
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria
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Allies
Definition
To create a force with someone, to join.
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Neutral
Definition
Not to be in the war.
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U-Boat
Definition
German deployed submarines.
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
Definition
Overthrown in Germany
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Big Four
Definition
United States, Britain, Italy, and France
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Herbert Hoover
Definition
Encouraged Americans to save food on their own.
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Espionage and Sedition Acts
Definition
Spying to acquire secret government info.
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Versailles
Definition
French palace when Germany signed on June 28, 1919 had weakened or discarded many of Wilson's proposals.
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League of Nations
Definition
"General Association of Nations" A group of countries that gather to solve common problems.
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Sussex Pledge
Definition
German promise not to sink U.S. boats without warning.
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Black Hand
Definition
Serbian terrorist group behind Ferdinand's assassination.
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Fourteen Points
Definition
Wilson's peace plan.
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Self determination
Definition
The ability of a nation to choose its leader.
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Prussia
Definition
The name for German states.
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Balkans
Definition
A range of mountains stretching east across Bulagaria.
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Barrios
Definition
Neighborhoods populated with mostly Blacks and Mexicans.
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Dog Fight
Definition
Aerial combat between a fighter and aircraft.
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Bolsheviks
Definition
Russian Social Democratic Party led by Lenin.
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Dough-boy
Definition
Nickname for U.S. WWI soldier.
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Red Scare
Definition
A period of general fear of communists.
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Triple Entente
Definition
Britain, France, and Russia alliance.
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Zimmerman Note/ Telegram
Definition
Proposal of Germany to Mexico.
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John Pershing
Definition
General office of the U.S.
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Pancho Villa
Definition
Mexican revolutionary guerrilla leader.
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Liberty Bond
Definition
Bond sold to the U.S. to support the allied cause in WWI.
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Ferdinand Foch
Definition
French soldier, military theorist. Allied commander.
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Lenin
Definition
Leader of the Bolshevik group
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