history world war 1

What is the American expeditionary force?

the united states sent armed forces to Europe to keep a steady balance

Black Hand

The group that assassinated archduke Ferdinand

What is a Armistice

A truce made between 2 countries to stop the war for a while, a truce

Genocide

To absolutely destroy

what does main stand for

Military, alliances, imperialism and nationalism

Sussex pledge

A promise made by Germany to the United States committing to change it’s policy of unrestricted submarine warfare

Truns Atlantic

submarine communication cable that crosses the Atlantic

Harlem hell fighters

Nickname given to the United States Army

Segregated

Set apart,isolated or divided

Stalemate

A conflict between 2 parties where neither are able to win

Espionage act

Made it a crime to convey information intended to interfere with the war

Central powers

Germany Austria Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria

Reparalions

the act of making amends for a wrong, typically through monetary payments or other forms of compensation for historical injustices like slavery, discrimination, or war

A-H

What would happen if the event did not occur

Selective service act

law passed by the US Congress in 1917 that authorized the federal government to conscript citizens into military service during World War I.

Princip

Assasinated archduke Ferdinand and his wife

Pershing

Commander of the American expeditionary forces

Rationing

Allowing each person to only have a specific amount of

4 minute men

Group of American volunteers who gave speeches of 4 minutes

Machine guns

Most significant weapon of world war 1

Battle of the Atlantic

war to get the Atlantic

Zimmerman note

note form Germany to Mexico telling them to get into war with the us

Lenin

Opposed the conflict

Liberty bonds

A war bond that was sold in the us to support the allied cause

Tench warfare

Type of combat where soldiers fight from trenches dug deep into the ground

Versailles treaty

The piece of treaty that officially ended world war 1

14 points

Proposal from us president to end world war 1

Convoy

Groups of merchant ships to protect them from u boats

Franz Ferdinand

Assasinated

Inflation

A general increase of goods

Mustard gas

A gas that suffocated you and choke you to death making you an easier target

Allied powers

Great Britain Russia and France

U boats

German submarines

League of nations

International organization after world war 1 to keep world peace

Dough boy

What they called us soldiers

Price controls

A maximum price that sellers are not allowed to exceed

Flu

Known as the Spanish flu occured during and after world war 1

Lusitania tank

Got sanked

Draft

Recruitment for military service

Spoils system

Awarded jobs and political parties