Wwi Terms

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Zimmerman Note –

Back 1

Arthur Zimmerman promised Mexico Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico invaded the US from the south for Germany

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War Industries Board –

Back 2

board that controlled most of the business industries so they could help supply troops; handled purchasing for US and Allies

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Espionage and Sedition Acts –

Back 3

acts passed by Congress to prevent spying and resistance to the war efforts

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Suffrage -

Back 4

a vote given in deciding a controverted question or in the choice of a person for an office or trust

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Alliance -

Back 5

a bond or connection between families, states, parties, or individuals

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Victory Gardens –

Back 6

private civilian gardens planted to increase food production and support the war effort

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Treaty of Versailles –

Back 7

peace treaty signed between the allies and Germany at the Versailles peace conference held in 1919, which ended WWI by limiting Germany’s military and exhausting its treasury; the treaty that ended WWI

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Prohibition -

Back 8

an order to restrain or stop; the forbidding by law of the manufacture,transportation, and sale of alcoholic liquors except for medicinal and sacramental purpose

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Propaganda -

Back 9

ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause

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Deport –

Back 10

force to leave; banish; expel

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Neutrality -

Back 11

refusal to take part in a war between other powers

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Selective Service Act –

Back 12

act passed by Congress on May 18, 1917 requiring all men between the ages 21-30 to register for military service

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Allies –
Central Powers –

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GB, FR, RUSSIA, USA (1917), ITALY (1915)

GERMANY, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, OTTOMANS EMPIRE, (TURKEY), ITALY (1915)