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| the policy of building up armed forces in aggressive preparedness for war |
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| in WWI, the group of antions – origionally consisting of Great Britain, France, and Russia and later joined by the United States and Italy – that opposed the Central Powers |
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| the group of nations – led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire – that opposed the Allies in WWI |
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-Heir to the Austria-Hungary throne -his assasination led to WWI |
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| the member of the Black Hand responsible for the death of the Archduke |
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| a group of terrorists who wanted to protect syria and bosnia |
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| an unoccupied region between opposing armies |
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| military operations in which the opposing forces attack and counterattack from systems of fortified ditches rather than on an open battlefield |
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| a British passenger ship that was sunk by a German u-boat in 1915 |
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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 WWI
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| a cannon named after the wife of the German munitions, Bertha Krupp |
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-grew up a racecar driver -was a driver for General Pershing -later became a pilot -earned the title "American ace of aces" |
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| a law, enacted in 1917, that required men to register for military services |
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| Describe the British blockade. |
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set up a blockade all along the German coast to prevent military goods and food from getting through
and caused a famine |
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| the protection of merchant ships from U-boat attacks by having the ships travel in large groups under the protection of warships |
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| a complete emotional collapse from not much sleep and hours of bombardments |
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-conscientious objector -someone convinced him it wasn't un-cristian to fight so he joined the army and became a war hero |
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| an economic and political system based on government ownership of business and property on equal distribution of the wealth |
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| a person who refuses, on moral grounds, to participate in warfare |
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| military operations that depend on motorized vehicles, such as tanks and aircraft |
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-caused by standing in wet trenches for long periods of time without dry socks or boots -toes turn red/blue, become numb, then begint to rot -foot would have to be amputated |
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| military operations in which the opposing forces attack and counterattack from systems of fortified ditches rather than on an open battlefield |
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| an agency esstablished durring WWI to increase efficiency and discourage waste in war-related industries |
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| leader of the War Industries Board |
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| head of the Committee on Public Information and former muckracking journalist |
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| Espionage and Sedation Acts |
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| two laws, enacted in 1917 and 1918, that imposed harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against US participation in WWI |
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| the large-scale movement of African Americans from the South to Northern cities in the early 20th century |
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| the principles making up President Woodrow Wilson's plan for world peace following WWI |
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| an association of nations established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace |
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| the 1919 treaty that ended WWI |
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| the compensation paid by a defeated nation for the damage or injury it inflicted during a war |
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| a provision in the Treaty of Versailles by which Germany acknowledged that it alone was responsible for WWI |
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| head of a goup of conservative senators who were suspicious of the provision for joint economic and military action against aggression |
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