period 7 set 2

Triple Alliance

An alliance before WWI between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.

Triple Entente

An alliance before WWI between France, Russia, and Great Britain.

Central Powers

The main countries that fought against the Allies in WWI, including Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.

Allied Powers

The countries that fought against the Central Powers in WWI, including France, Great Britain, Russia, and later the United States.

Lusitania, Arabic, Sussex

Passenger ships attacked by German submarines during WWI, angering Americans and increasing tension with Germany.

Sussex Pledge

A promise by Germany in 1916 to stop sinking ships without warning.

Trench warfare

A type of fighting in WWI where soldiers battled from deep trenches dug into the ground.

Zimmermann Note

A secret message from Germany to Mexico asking it to attack the United States.

14 Points

A plan by Woodrow Wilson for peace after WWI and to prevent future wars.

Paris Peace Conference

The 1919 meeting where Allied leaders decided how to end WWI and punish Germany.

Committee on Public Information

A U.S. government group that promoted pro-war propaganda during WWI.

Espionage Act

A 1917 law that punished people for interfering with the draft or speaking against the war.

Schenck v. United States

A Supreme Court case that ruled the government could limit speech during wartime.

War Industries Board

A government agency that controlled the production of war materials during WWI.

National War Labor Board

A group that settled labor disputes to prevent strikes during the war.

Industrial Workers of the World

A radical labor union that supported workers' rights and often opposed the war.

League of Nations

An international organization proposed to keep peace after WWI.

Irreconcilables

U.S. senators who strongly opposed joining the League of Nations.

Treaty of Versailles

The peace treaty that officially ended WWI and punished Germany.

George Creel

The head of the Committee on Public Information who organized U.S. propaganda during WWI.

Bernard Baruch

The businessman who led the War Industries Board.

William McAdoo

The U.S. Treasury Secretary who helped finance the war and ran the railroads.

Herbert Hoover (WWI role)

Led U.S. food production and distribution to support the war effort.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

The Austrian heir whose assassination started WWI.

Gavrilo Princip

The Serbian nationalist who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914.

Henry Cabot Lodge

A U.S. senator who opposed the League of Nations and wanted changes to the treaty.

Reservationists

Senators who would accept the treaty only if certain changes were made.

Doughboys

The nickname for American soldiers who fought in WWI.

Bolshevik Revolution

The 1917 revolution in Russia where the Bolsheviks took power and created a communist government.