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World War One- Nashoba
Mrs. Pagington U.S. History
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History
11th Grade
03/08/2008

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Definition
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
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American neutrality and abandonment of neutrality
Definition
Major sympathized with the Allies cause -Continued to trade with Britain -Joined the Allies -Sinking of the Lusitanian -Zimmerman letter -Russia became a republican government so now US wasn’t embarrassed by them -
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Course of WWI and how/ why U.S. became involved
Definition
Started with the original Allied and Central Powers -US joined in after war was declared on them due to trading with Britain
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New technologies of warfare
Definition
-Submarine warfare, torpedoes -Anti-submarine mines -improved machine guns and higher powered artillery- Mobile weapons; tanks and flamethrowers- chemical weapons: poisonous mustard gas -Planes- Navy advancement: electric light and power, wireless telegraphy, and navigation
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State of the U.S. following the war/ impact of the war on American society
Definition
-Economic recon version -raging inflation -severe recession
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Woodrow Wilson
Definition
Tried to keep the US neutral during the war and failed; proposed the Fourteen Points
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“Triple Entente”-
Definition
became known as the “Allies” during the war- Britain, France, and Russia
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“Triple Alliance”-
Definition
became known as the “Central Powers” during the war- Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Italy (eventually withdrew and joined the Allies)
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Central Powers
Definition
Germany, Austro-Hungary Empire, and Italy (in the beginning)
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Allies
Definition
Britain, France, and Russia
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Definition
heir to the throne of Austro-Hungarian Empire who was assassinated on June 28,1914 during a state visit to Sarajevo the capital of Bosnia, a province of Austro-Hungary. Assassin was a Serbian nationalist (Serbia wanted to annex Sarajevo)
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Neutrality
Definition
- impartial in thought as well as deed, President Wilson declared the US neutral at the beginning of WWI
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Lustiania
Definition
British passenger liner sunk by a German sub-marine that killed 1,198 people, 128 Americans
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“Peace without victory”-
Definition
Thought up by President Wilson to unite the nation for entering the war; Wanted to keep peace through a permanent league of nations
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Arthur Zimmerman
Definition
German Foreign minister who sent a letter to Mexico to ask if they would fight against the US if the Us joined the war so they could gain back land from the US; Letter intercepted by British
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General John J. Pershing
Definition
American General who helped the allied forces turn back a series of German assaults; wanted to invade Germany at end of War but other Allied force leaders said no
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American Expeditionary Force (AEF)-
Definition
helped turn away a German assault at Rheims
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Argonne Forest
Definition
Americans advanced on Germans in this forest with about one million soldiers
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Selective Service Act
Definition
Allowed a draft of about 3 million men into the army
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Trench Warfare
Definition
Trenches sheltered soldiers from new war technologies and allowed limited fighting
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Mustard Gas
Definition
poison that made troops carry gas masks and allowed fighting without direct combat
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U-Boats
Definition
German submarines driven by diesel engines
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“Liberty Bonds”-
Definition
loans to the federal government to cover the war from the citizens
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Council of National Defense
Definition
established by Wilson composed of members of his cabinet and the civilian Advisory commission to help the economy and war debt
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Civilian Advisory Commission
Definition
set up local defense councils in every state and locality
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War Industries Board
Definition
an agency created to coordinate government purchases of military supplies
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National War Labor Board
Definition
served as the final mediator of labor disputes (worked kind of like a big union)
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Committee on Public Information
Definition
Set out propaganda to unite people to support the war and controlled what went into newspapers and magazines
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Herbert Hoover
Definition
a young engineer and business executive that helped a board to handle food in the Council of National Defense
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William McAdoo
Definition
oversaw railroads in the Council of National Defense
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Bernard Baruch
Definition
Wall Street financier that took over the War Industries Board and made it better and more organized
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Sabotage Act
Definition
government able to stop sabotage
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Espionage Act-
Definition
gave the government tools to combat spying, sabotage, or obstruction of the war effort
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Sedition Act
Definition
No public expression against the war and no criticizing government or president
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Fourteen Points
Definition
principles for which the nation was supposedly fighting; proposals for adjusting postwar boundaries, general principles for governing international conduct, and a “League of Nations”
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League of Nations
Definition
Created at the Paris Peace Conference to oversee world affairs and prevent future wars
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Paris Peace Conference
Definition
When Leaders of the Allied and Central powers met to negotiate and talk peace
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Treaty of Versailles
Definition
Treaty decided upon at the Paris Peace conference that established the League of Nations
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David Lloyd George
Definition
Prime minister of Great Britain
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Georges Clemenceau
Definition
President of France
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Vittorio Orlando
Definition
prime minister of Italy
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Definition
Didn’t like the President and tried to stop the Treaty of Versailles; a Senator
Term
Bolsheviks
Definition
- a communist government in Russia
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“Great Migration”-
Definition
African Americans, after serving in the war, moved from the rural south to industrial cities in search of factory jobs created by the war
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The Red Scare
Definition
radical bombings by communist enthusiasts where the government set laws imposing harsh penalties on those who promoted revolution
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A. Mitchell Palmer
Definition
an attorney that set raids and arrested more than 6000 people for radical behavior and although many were released, about 500 non-Americans were deported
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Sacco and Vanzetti
Definition
- Italian immigrants who were charged with murder of a paymaster in Braintree and were sentenced to death; were both confessed anarchists so even though the case against them was weak they still be found guilty
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Warren Harding-
Definition
Next president who started a “new era”
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