1. Chapter 19: WWI

2. armistice
Cease-fire between opponents in a war

3. Central powers
Countries that fought against Germany and Austria-Hungary during World War 1

4. Daylight saving time
Program to save energy – add work time to each day

5. Fourteen Points
President Wilson’s program for peace/ post War Europe – rejected by US

6. League of Nations
Worldwide organization aimed at ensuring security and peace

7. Rationing
Limiting amounts of certain items to the public

8. Reparations
Payment from one nation to another for economic injury suffered during a war

9. Selective Service Act
A means of drafting young men for the military forces

10. Sussex pledge
German’s promise that its U-boats would warn ships before attacking

11. Describe the death toll from WWI
Extraordinarily high

12. Explain: New weapons and technology + Old ways of Fighting = Slaughter in WWI
WWI featured many new weapons – tanks, air warfare, gas warfare, machine guns, etc.
Generals/Armies – still fought in traditional methods – relying on the old charge
This led to a lot of slaughter of troops

13. How would the first few years of WWI be described
Both sides were locked in a stalemate.

14. What did fear of spies and sabotage in the US lead to?
Restrictions on immigration, discrimination and violence toward Germans, and repression of free speech

15. What did Germany have to do according to the peace treaty?
Pay reparations to the Allies

16. What did the Sedition Act do?
Made it illegal to discuss anything negative about the government, the Constitution, the army, or the navy.

17. What did the ships contain that the German submarines attacked?
Weapons for the Allies

18. What did the US Senate do after Wilson presented the treaty?
The Senate rejected it

19. What event sparked WWI?
The assassination of the heir to the Austro- Hungarian throne

20. What was an underlying cause of WWI?
The web of alliances European nations created for their defense

21. What was the purpose of the convoy system?
To transport troops safely across the Atlantic

22. What was the result of the convoy system?
Cut merchant marine losses greatly

23. What was Wilson’s goal for the League of Nations?
International security and stability

24. Where did minorities and women find work?
In war-related industries

25. Why did the US enter WWI?
Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare