WWI

Triple Entente

Britain, France, Russia

Triple Alliance

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

14 points

(1918) President Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post World War I Europe and for avoiding future wars.

Treaty of Versailles

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

Sedition Act and Espionage Act

U.S made it illegal to criticize the government or to interfere with the war.

Schenck v. US

Can limit free speech when there is a "clear and present danger"

Sussex Pledge

A promise Germany made to America, after Wilson threatened to sever ties, to stop sinking their ships without warning.

Zimmerman Note/Telegram

During World War I, a German foreign minister sent to the German minister in Mexico proposing that if the United States entered the war, Mexico and Germany should become allies.

No Man's Land

Territory between rival Trenches, very dangerous

Reparations

Payment for war damages

November Criminals

German Leaders who signed Treaty of Versailles.

Peace without victory

President Wilson call to the fighting nations that neither side would impose harsh terms on the others. Wilson hoped that all nations would join a "league for peace".

League of Nations

an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations

Lusitania

American boat that was sunk by the German U-boats; made America consider entering WWI

MAIN causes of WWI

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

Franz Ferdinand

Archduke of Austria Hungary who was assassinated at Sarajevo by a Serbian terrorist group called the Black Hand; his death was a main cause for the start of World War I

Gavrilo Princip

The assassin of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria, a member of the Black Hand

Armistice

Agreement to stop fighting

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

Germany's Policy of sinking ships with their U-boats, enemy or neutral, that carry war material

War Industries Board

Agency established during WWI to increase efficiency & discourage waste in war-related industries.

Committee on Public Information

It was headed by George Creel. The purpose of this committee was to mobilize people's minds for war, both in America and abroad.

Propaganda

information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

Self-determination

Concept that different ethnic groups have the right to govern themselves

Naval Construction Act

ordered the building of more warships

National Defense Act

expanded the size of the army

Conscription

A military draft

Selective Service Act

act passed by Congress in 1917 authorizing a draft of men for military service