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Nationalism

Devotion to the interests & culture of ones nation

Militarism

Development

Allies

France, Britain, Russia, US

Central powers

Germany, Hungary Austria, Italy

Trench warfare

Slowed down the war where both armies dug into the ground

Lusitania

German U Boat sinks this ship resulting in the Americans entering the war

Zimmermann note

Telegram from the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico intercepted by British spies. Stated that the Germans would regain stolen land and return them to Mexico from the US

Eddie Rickenbacker

Famous fighter pilot of WWI

Selective service act

Required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service

Convoy system

Heavy guard of destroyers escorted merchant ships back and forth across the Atlantic in groups

American Expeditionary Force

(AEF) included men from widely separated parts of the country brought to Paris to fight

Alvin York

Famous for opposing warfare, outstanding soldier in AEF

Conscientious objector

A person who opposes warfare on moral grounds

Armistice

Truce

Fourteen Points

Wilson's speech before congress in which points are divided into three groups --> plan for world peace --> plan presented for world peace

League of Nations

Forum that would allow nation to discuss and settle their grievances without having to resort to war

George's Clemenceau

French premier determined to prevent further invasions on France

David Lloyd George

British prime minister who worked on treaty of Versailles

Treaty of Versailles

Established nine new nations, shifted boundaries of nations, guilt War clause against Germany, and ended war against Germany (WWI)

Reparations

War damages

War guilt clause

Forced Germany to admit sole responsibility for started WWI

Henry Cabot Lodge

Suspicious of the provision for joint Economic and military action against aggression, wanted congress to still be able to declare war

War Industries Board

Urged companies to use mass production techniques for efficiency

Bernard M. Baruch

Headed the War Industries Board, prosperous businessman

Propaganda

Biased communication designed to influence people's thoughts & actions

George Creel

Head of CPI & former muckraking journalist

Esplonage & Secltlon Acts

Fines & jail time for those who interfere with the war effort

Great Migration

Large scale movement of hundreds of thousands of southern blacks to northern cities

War-guilt clause

Forced Germany to admit sole responsibility for starting WWI

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