World War 1 Terms List

Neutrality

Policy of not taking sides in foreign affairs

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Heir to Austro-Hungarian throne, assassinated by the black hand to start WWI

Glen Curtiss

Built aircraft for US Army and Navy, advanced naval aviation

Internationalists

Senate democrats who supported Treaty of Versailles

Battle of Argonne Forest

Last major offensive of WWI, cut off Central Powers' access to railroads

Treaty of Versailles

Treaty to end WWI, created League of Nations, charged Germany with reparations

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

Germany's policy of using submarines and sinking any enemy ship on sight

Wilson's Fourteen Points

President Wilson's ideas for global peace after WWI

Schenk vs U.S.

Supreme Court ruling that limits free speech during war or national danger

Militarism

Glorification of military power and preparedness for war

War Industries Board

Created to ensure sufficient supplies for the military

Irreconcilables

A group of senate republicans who opposed the Treaty of Versailles

Zimmerman Note

Telegram from Germany to Mexico seeking military help against the US

Central Powers

WWI alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

Allied Powers

WWI alliance between France, England, and Russia

Reservationists

People reluctant to ratify the Treaty of Versailles and because they did not want join the League of Nations

Sussex Pledge

Germany's promise to stop attacking merchant ships in exchange for ending the blockade

League of Nations

International organization for world peace, US did not join

American Expeditionary Forces

US forces in WWI, led by General Pershing, nicknamed “doughboys”

Selective Service Act

1917 law creating a national draft for men 21 to 30 to increase military size

The Great Migration

Movement of African Americans from south to north for new job opportunities

Sedition Act

1918 law making it illegal to say disloyal or abusive things about the government

Wobblies

Nickname for members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), who were against the war

Committee on Public Information

Created by President Wilson to stop criticism of the war, led a propaganda campaign