World War I
Zoe Vega Ponton
Vocabulary
- Alliance System- formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for certain purposes {Britain, France and Russia}
- Imperialism- policy extending the authority of a nation over foreign places
- Isolationism- doctrine that a a nation should stay out of disputes of other countries {U.S. practiced this up until WWI and didn't proceed with an international policy until WWII passed}
- Militarism- building up or strong influence of military values on society
- Nationalism- loyalty to a nation
- Trench Warfare- hole in the ground that soldiers would use to guard themselves from enemy fire
- Command Economy- economic system where production is publicly owned but controlled by a central authority {once WWI ended the command economy was dismantled}
- Total War- when a country is mobilizing all of its entire population, all men go to war and all women are sent to production factories to help
- Totalitarianism- political system where the government controls every aspect of a citizens life
- Propaganda- posters created to encourage Americans to support the war
- Mobilization- to prepare the military for war
- Zimmerman Telegram- German telegram sent to Mexico proposing an alliance , stated that Germany would help Mexico reconquer the lost territory of New Mexico
- Woodrow Wilson- president of the U.S. during WWI
- Selective Service Act- required men from 21-30 to register to be drafted to the armed forces
- Triple Alliance- Germany, Austria-Hungray alliance later joined by Italy
- Triple Entente- France, Britain and Russia's alliance
- Unrestricted Submarine Warfare- naval warfare where submarines sink vessels without warning
- Armistice- truce that ended the war
- Mandate- official orders
- Central Powers- Austria-Hungray, Germany joined by Bulgaria and Ottoman Empire
- Sussex Pledge- Germany promised the U.S. prior to the latter entry to the war, previously Germany had a policy that allowed unrestricted submarine warfare
- Big Four- council including Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Victtorio Emanuele Orlando and Georges Clemenceau
- 14 Points- Wilsons ideals after war, freedom of ships on the seas, smaller armies, end of secret agreements between nations
- League of Nations- organization of nations formed to settle international disputes and maintain peace
- No Man's Land- area between opposing trenches