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One-sided information designed to persuade, and to keep up morale and support for the war.
Propaganda
Use of submarines to sink without warning any ship (including neutral ships and unarmed passenger liners) found in enemy waters
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war
Militarism
Region of France where the Allies and the Central Powers fought
Western Front
Formed by the international nations, after World War I, with the goal of keeping peace; it was not very stable
League of Nations
The U.S. president during World War I
Woodrow Wilson
Germany’s strategy for attacking the Western Front in France, then rushing to the Eastern Front to fight Russia during World War I
Schlieffen Plan
The military alliance between Great Britain, France, Serbia, and Russia before World War I.
Triple Entente
The nations of Great Britain, France, and Russia, along with other nations that fought on their side during World War I; also, the group of nations including Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the U.S. that opposed the Axis Powers later on during World War II.
Allies
Peace treaty signed between Russia and Germany so that Russia could get out of World War I.
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
Region of Russia along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans. Austrians, and Turks
Eastern Front
Form of warfare used during World War I in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield
Trench Warfare
The nations of Germany and Austria-Hungary, along with others who fought on their side during World War I.
Central Powers
Limiting the amounts of goods people can buy, imposed by the government during the war, when goods are in short supply
Rationing
Trying to take over Colonies for resources or markets
Imperialism
Region known as the powder keg of Europe
Balkans
Country that joined the central powers in hopes of regaining lost territory
Ottoman Empire
The Allied plan to get help and aid to Russia
Gallipoli Campaign
Message sent by Germany to Mexico trying to convince Mexico to declare war on the United States
Zimmerman Note
Allied passenger ship sunk by a German u- boat, killing 128 U.S. civilians
Lusitania
Country that resumed unrestricted submarine warfare because the U.S.A. was sending supplies to the Allies and Great Britain had been using a naval blockade in order to block supplies from entering Germany
Germany
The country that entered the war after the Zimmerman note was intercepted
United States
These were sold so countries could obtain money to use for the war effort. The buyers were later paid back with interest
War Bonds
Russian czar who was executed along with his family
Nicholas II
Political party who seized control of Russia after the czar was executed
Communist
List the members of the Allied Forces
Great Britain, United States, France, Serbia, and Russia
What happened to women’s wartime jobs when the war was over?
Had to go back and attend to the home
The Big Four members after the war
Great Britain, France, United States, & Italy
Reason the Triple Entente was formed
They felt threatened and needed to be stronger in all aspects, especially military
Caused by the prolonged exposure of their feet to water
Trench Foot
When neither army can advance against one another
Stalemate
The land between the trenches
No Man’s Land
Weaknesses for Russia during the war
They weren’t as modernized
Reason Germany declared war on Russia
When Russia sent troops to their border, they saw it as an act of war
Serbian nationalist who assassinated the Archduke and his wife
Gavrilo Princip
This country received most of the blame for WWI
Germany
Types of poison gas used in WWI
Mustard, Chlorine, & Phosgene
Problems both sides periodically encountered when using machine guns
Overheating
How did New weapons and technology affect WWI?
Machine guns, tanks, poison gas, hand grenades, flame throwers
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