World War I

 An end to the fighting  Germany signed the armistice on November 11, 1918 at 11:00 AM. The 11 th hour of the 11 th day of the 11 th month.

 A heavy guard of destroyers that escorts merchant ships during wartime

 Passed in 1917 this law set heavy fines and long prison terms for antiwar activities and encouraging draft resisters

 A 1918 law that made it illegal to criticize the war; it set heavy fines and long prison terms for those who engaged in antiwar activities

 President Woodrow Wilson’s goals for peace after World War I

 500,000 African Americans left the South for the North between 1910 and 1920

 Many women and other minorities also traveled to Northern cities to fill the jobs in factories. Due to the Great War, there was labor shortage on the home front. Thus, women and others did their part by filling in for the men who were in battle.

 The policy by which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker nations or territories

 The epidemic started at Fort Riley where soldiers lived in crowded and unhealthy conditions

 Wilson’s 14 th Point  An organization set up after World War I to settle international conflicts  If one nation was in trouble, the other nations would aid it  America opposed it  Americans did not want another war

 British passenger ship the Germans torpedoed using a U-boat  May 7, 1915  1,198 people killed  128 Americans tied  Many Americans turned against Germans  Wilson threatens to join Allied forces if Germany did not stop unrestricted submarine warfare

 Belief that a nation needs a large military force

 Feeling of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness toward one’s country

 Refusing to take sides in a war

 An opinion expressed for the purpose of influencing the actions of others

 In , a wave of panic from fear of a Communist revolution

 Money a defeated country paid for destruction during a war

 All men must register for the draft if they are between 21 and 30 years old

 People should be able to determine/make choices for themselves

Central Powers  Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria Allies  Serbia, Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy

 A 1919 treaty that ended World War I

 A kind of warfare during World War I in which troops huddled at the bottom of trenches and fired artillery and machine guns at each other

 Submarines used by the Germans  “undersea boats”

 A message sent in 1917 by the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico, proposing a German-Mexican alliance and promising to help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona if the United States entered World War I

 Austria-Hungary  Germany  Ottoman Empire  Bulgaria

 Serbia  Russia  Great Britain  Italy  France

 Nationalism  Imperialism  Militarism  System of Alliances

 Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary on June 28, 1914

 1917  U.S. angry at Germany for Zimmerman Telegram and the unrestricted submarine warfare  Russian Revolution occurred kicking out Czar Nicholas II  Wilson was now willing to fight for the Allies because he did not want to work with the czar

 Motorized tank  Airplane (Bi-Plane)  Submarines (U-boats or “undersea boats”  Grenades  Machine Guns/ Advanced Guns  Flame-Throwers  Mustard Gas

 Meatless Tuesdays  Wheatless Mondays and Wednesdays  Liberty Bonds  Factories went from peace production to wartime production (EX: making tanks instead of cars)

 Heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary who was killed by a Serbian out of anger for not being a separate country  Immediate cause of WWI

 A communist group led by Vladimir Ilich Lenin  After the Bolsheviks seized power Russia left the war and immediately sought to make peace with Germany

 Nickname for American soldiers

 Oversaw meatless/wheatless days

 General of the American Expeditionary Force.  Believed that having “distinct and separate” American combat units would guarantee the U.S. a major role in the peace talks at war’s end

 Leader of Germany during World War I  A Kaiser is a German leader

 Leader of the Bolsheviks who immediately began peace talks with Germany once Czar Nicholas II stepped down

 President of the United States during World War I  When Great War started in 1914 he wanted the U.S. to remain neutral.  In 1917 he had the U.S. join the Allies  The document that summed up his goals for peace were known as the Fourteen Points

 Germany accept full blame for war  Germany stripped of its colonies and most of armed forces  $33 billion in reparations  Divided up Austria-Hungary and the Ottomans  Created Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia  Recognized Poland’s independence

 Thought it locked Americans into foreign affairs  Did not want another war