WW1 History study guide part 2

Fourteen Points

A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I, which included the League of Nations

Nationalism

A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country

No Man's Land

A strip of land between the trenches of opposing armies along the Western Front during WWI

American Expeditionary Force (AFE)

What Europeans called US troops during WWI

Treaty of Versailles

Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.

Lusitania

A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 1,200 people died, 128 were Americans.

Balkans

Where WWI began in Eastern Europe. It was called the Powder Keg of Europe.

National War Labor Board

helped resolve labor disputes that might slow down war production.

Allies (WWII)

Serbia, England, United States, Russia, and France

Russian Revolution

A revolution against the government. It caused a change of leadership and caused the Russians to pull out of WWI.

John J. Pershing

Commander of American forces in Europe

Vladimir Lenin

Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution who starts Communism as the government in Russia

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo, started World War I.

David George

During WWI he was the British Prime Minister

Gavrilo Princip

Member of a terrorist organization called The Black Hand. Murdered Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife which caused the start of WWI.

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Leader of Germany during WWI

Georges Clemenceau

Leader of France during WWI

President Woodrow Wilson

President of the United States during WWI, created the fourteen points idea.

Henry Cabot Lodge

Opposed the League of Nations. He was a US senator.

Herbert Hoover

He was in charge of the Food Administration during WWI