AP World History Unit 7 - Lesson 7.3

Conscription

compulsory enlistment in the armed forces, often driven by patriotism

Trench Warfare

Combatant nations dug hundreds of miles of trenches facing each other

Poison Gas

Using chlorine, phosgene, and mustard gas, soldiers experienced long lasting extreme pain that would have lung effects for survivors

Machine Guns

Shooting over 500 round of ammunition per minute, warfare was made very deadly and hard to win any territory

Submarines

Destroyed shipping lanes in the Atlantic Ocean

Tanks

Landships developed by the royal navy that protected troops while traveling across battlefields, with the ability to fire powerfully at soldiers

Airplanes

Fitted with machine guns for aerial combat, fighters engaged in dog fights

Stalemate

battle condition in which neither side can progress position

Zimmermann Telegram Interception

The United States intercepted a document from Germany that proposed help to Mexico for them to regain American territory

Propaganda

information communicated in order to influence peoples opinions, in this case on the war

ANZAC

Australian and New Zealand Corps

Paris Peace Conference

Meeting between the victorious allies after WW1, to set peace terms with the defeated central powers

Leaders at the Paris Peace Conference

Woodrow Wilson (U.S.), David Loyd George (Britain), Georges Clemenceau (France), and Vittorio Orlando (Italy)

Wilsons peace proposal

no one country should be severely punished or rewarded

Clemenceau peace proposal

Revenge should be seeked and France should have special protection against Germany as they suffered the most

The Fourteen Points

Document stating President Wilsons peace principles including the creation of a League of Nations

League of Nations

Organization in which all nations would discuss tensions openly to avoid war

Treaty of Versallies

1919 peace treaty with Germany that was ratified by the U.S. Senate

Weimar Republic

German republic after WW1 and before Nazi rule.

Reparations

Payments as a form of compensation after a settled war.

Why did Italy leave the Paris Peace Conference?

In rage, Vittorio Orland left the conference after Italy would not get promised territories.

Why was Russia left out of the Paris Peace Conference

Concerns over Russia’s communist revolution.

Why did Arabs living in the Ottoman Empire join the Allies?

Promised self-rule in exchange for fighting in the war.