Potts- World War I Vocabulary Terms

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Militarism

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The belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it.

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Central powers

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A group of nations fighting against he allied powers during World War I

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Allied powers

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The countries that opposed the axis powers during the Second World War I (1939-1945)

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Trench warfare

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A form of a land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of trenches.

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U-boats

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The anglicized version of the German word U-boot, meaning "undersea boat."

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Zimmermann note

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A 1917 diplomatic proposal from the German empire of Mexico to join the central powers

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Selective service act

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In May 18th in 1917 authorized the federal government to raise a national army.

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Liberty bonds

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A war bond sold in the u.s to support causes in World War I.

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Communists

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Stateless order upon ownership.

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Armistice

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An agreement of warning parties to stop fighting.

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League of Nations

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To make sure the war would never break out again.

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Archduke Francis Ferdinand

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An Austrian prince, heir to the throne, who's assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 set off World War I.

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Treaty of Versailles

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A peace treaty at the end of World War I.

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American Expeditionary Force (AEF)

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The u.s armed forces sent to Europe in World WarI

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Lusitania

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A British ocean-liner holder of the riband and briefly the worlds biggest ship.

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Reparations

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Payments and transfers of property and equipment that Germany was forced to make.

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Henry Cabot Lodge

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An American republican senator historian from. Massachusetts.

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National war labor board

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A federal agency created on April 8th, 1918 by president Woodrow Wilson.

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Mobilize

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A country or government prepare and organize troops for active service.

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Stalemate

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A situation in which further action is blocked; deadlock

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Spark

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2 bullet shots that killed 16 million people by a kid at a cafe who tried at first with a bomb but rolled off the car and caused the world war

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4 causes of the war

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1. Imperialism- Nations competing
2. Militarism- To build a military
3. Alliances- Agreement
4. Nationalism- Loyalty to nations

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Spark of the war

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The spark of the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary who was killed by Serbian Gavrilo Princip in Bosnia.

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Trench warfare & 1st weapons

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A new kind of warfare of World War I that involved troops digging and fighting from deep trenches.

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German submarine warfare

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German used submarine's called U-Boats to destroy ENEMY and NEUTRAL ships at sea. The sinking of the Lusitania was a minor cause of higher United States entering World War I.

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Zimmerman telegram

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The Zimmerman telegram was the letter by the Germans that was sent to the United States and the Germans said to Mexico that they should become allies and regain lost territories that he united states took and the United States wanted Mexico to extract or invade the United States and be a major distraction. Mexico does not end up invading the United States. Some people think this was fake and it was never sent to Mexico from Germany. This also caused the World War I

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Selective service act

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The selective service act was where there was a law past in 1917 and it means that your not in the military but who you are and where up you are and have you selected or drafted and people don't want to be drawn out. It's still active today men must be 18 to do the selective service act and if you do not sign up you will go to prison or a $250,000 fine. You MUST sign up if you are a man at age 18-25, and you haven't signed up, this might cause a large conflict but it is one of the reasons and the main causes of World War I.

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United States home front during World War I

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The United States home front during World War I was a certificate that were sold in order to help in the war effort of Europe financially.

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Victory gardens

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Victory gardens were used to visually show support as well as conserve food for the war effort in Europe.

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"Meatless Mondays and wheat-less Wednesdays"

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The meatless Mondays and wheat-less Wednesdays were used to show support in the war and conserve food.

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General John J. Pershing

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General John J. Pershing was the leader of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) that went to Europe when the United States entered World War I.

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Bolsheviks & Russia withdraws from World War I

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Bolsheviks and Russia withdraw in World War I was that on November 1917 a group of Russians called the Bolsheviks overthrew the Russian czar, siezed power, and established communism in Russia. Russia also signs the treaty of Brest-litovsk
EFFECT-Russia was forced to do things in World War I

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The Fourteen Points Plan

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The Fourteen Points Plan was President Wilson's plan to postwar peace in Europe and the creation to the League of Nations.
Congress didn't like the League of Nations feared of use of military with congress power to declare war.
Europe didn't like it because it had punished Germany also.
The League of Nations was a part of he Treaty of Versailles which ended World War I

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Treaty of Versalles

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This is the treaty that officially ended World War I. Germany took FULL BLAME for World War I and there was more then $30 billion in reparations. Also the creation if League of Nations and also the United States DID NOT sign the treaty.