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SOCIAL STUDIES

WWI vocabulary

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nationalism??
pride in one's country
warmonger
someone who stirs up war
selective servie act
an act that required all men 18-45 must sign up for drafting
liberty bonds
you buy a bond, the money goes to buy supplies for war and you get your money plus extra money back in time
czar
ruler
general john pershing
america's army commander in cheif
armistice
where wars are agreed to stop fighting, 11th day 11th hour 11th month
14 points
a statement by US, post war peace. w. wilson's proposal for peace that was to prevent future wars
self determination
the desire of a group to want independence and more terriory of their own
treaty of versailles
ending european war
isolationist
someone who doesn't believe in interacting with another country
communism
economic system, but cannot work without governing system being dictatorship
neutral
not taking sides
pacifists
people who belive in peace
militarism
buliding up your army
zimmerman telegram
message from germany to mexico to attack US. message never got thru
blockade
a blocking or surrounding
battle of argonne forest
47 day battle that took place in a heavily forested area . US' first win
league of nations
group of countries going together to promote world peace
war labor board
commission to prevent workers not to strike during war
archduke franz ferdinand
ruler of austria-hungary, assassinated in 1914, which basically began war
mobolize
to prepare for war
stalement
deadlock in which neither side was strong enough to defeat the other
trench warfare
using trenches in warfare
propaganda
THE SPREADING OF IDEAS THAT help a cause or opposing cause
alliance
to team up with other countries
lusitania
british passenger ship that got torpedoed by a germany uboat
food administration
controlled food between allied countries and marketing
war industries board
A committee created before World War I whose task was to help mobilize the American economy for possible war.
bolsheviks
a committee (russian revolution)
vladimir lenin
bolsheviks leader
harlem hellfighters
first black militia in ww1
reparation
the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged.