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WWI Vocab
Unit 1
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History
10th Grade
10/22/2017

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Homefront

 

The Homefront was trying to get soldiers and nurses to join the war

Definition

The activities of a population whose armed forces are engaged in war abroad

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Total War

 

Total war had many consequences for both sides of who was on the war

Definition

A war where there are no restrictions on weapons on strategies allowed

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Propaganda

 

Countries used Propaganda Posters to convince men and women to join the war.

Definition

Information that can convince an audience something other than the truth.

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Changes in Warfare/Weaponry

 

Soldiers in WWI weren't used to changes in warfare because it was so different from previous weaponry used

Definition

The trench warfare changed the way that soldiers fought during the war

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U-Boats

 

Germans used U-Boats to take down enemy ships during WWI

Definition

Unterseeboot, a German Submarine used to take down enemy ships

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Lusitania

 

The Lusitania was a British civilian cruise ship that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-Boats

Definition

A large boat that the German U-Boat destroyed and caused a giant uproar.

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Zimmerman Telegram

 

The Zimmerman Telegram was one of the main reasons the US joined the war in the first place.

Definition

A secret diplomatic communications system that was used by the German to propose an alliance with Mexico in the event that the US should join the war.

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Fourteen Points

 

The Fourteen points attempted to stop war from happening in the future.

Definition

A statement of peace used after WWI

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

 

The Treaty of Brest Litovsk was a minor part in the end of WWI

Definition

A treaty that was signed 3 Mar. 1918 that ended Russia's participation in the war

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Paris Peace Conference
Definition
Meeting of the victorious allied powers to discuss the peace terms for the central powers.
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