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Unit 5: World War 1 Vocab
Word
Definition
1. Alliance

a formal agreement
between two or more
nations to cooperate (work
together) for specific
purposes, including war.
What alliances were formed
during WW1?
2. Isolationism

Government policy of not
taking part in economic and
political alliances with other
countries. (no trade)
Neutrality - foreign policy
of not taking sides in any
international argument,
controversy, dispute, or war
(trade is okay)
Why did America try
‘isolationism’ during WW1?
End of WWI, a 14-point
plan for peace presented by
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations-The only
one of Wilson’s 14 points
that was not used.
international organization
by the Allied powers at the
end of WWI to promote
international peace and
security
Why did congress not approve
the ‘League of Nations’?
WWI coalition (group) of
France, Britain, and Russia
(later including Portugal,
Japan, and Italy)
What year did the US join the
‘’allied powers”?
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3. Fourteen Points
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4. Allied Powers
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E/S
P/N
Analysis
5. Central Powers

WWI coalition (group) of
Germany and AustriaHungary (later including
Ottoman Empire and
Bulgaria)
Which of the M.A.I.N causes of
the war does this show?
6. Treaty of Versailles

Peace treaty (1919) that
assigned Germany
responsibility for the war.
(War Guilt Clause)
Germany had to pay money
to Allies (Reparations)
reduce territory
This treaty ended what war?
New form of warfare in
which armies attack each
other from fortified
trenches
What is one downside to trench
warfare?
German military policy of
staging submarine attacks (Uboats) on Allied and neutral
nation’s unarmed ocean liners
without advanced warning.
What was the American reaction
to the unrestricted submarine
warfare?
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7. Trench warfare
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8. Unrestricted submarine warfare 
9. Selective Service Act
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Sunk the Lusitania - where
128 Americans killed out of
1,198. (British ship), Arabic
(British) and Sussex (French)
ocean liner sunk
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Sussex Pledge
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law passed by Congress in
1917 to create a national
draft
Can we still draft today?
10. American Expeditionary Forces
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Led by General John
Pershing- First US soldiers
to be deployed to France in
WWI.
What was Pershing involved in
during 1910 (prior to WW1—
think back to unit 4)?
11. Battle of the Argonne Forest

Battle in 1918 that took
place in very rugged terrain
that lasted a month and a
half.
1.2 million Americans were
involved; 117,000 were
killed or wounded.
Turning point of the war on
the Western front.
Why is this battle so important?
Federal law passed d on June
15, 1917, shortly after the U.S.
entry into World War I.
It was intended to prohibit
interference with military
operations or recruitment, to
prevent insubordination in the
military, and to prevent the
support of U.S. enemies
during wartime
What amendment does this limit?
How?
1919 Supreme Court case
that declared Charles
Schenck’s propaganda
efforts against the military
draft were illegal under the
Espionage Act and is not
protected under first
amendment.
What does this mean about his
first amendment rights?
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12. Espionage Act of 1917
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13. Schenck v. United States
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14. Zimmermann Telegram
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a coded telegram that
German foreign minister
Arthur Zimmermann sent to
German minister in Mexico
proposing that if the US
entered war, Mexico and
Germany should become
allies and Mexico would get
land back—Led to US
declaring war
What would Mexico gain if they
agreed to help Germany?
15. Propaganda-

information or rumors
spread by a group or
government to promote its
cause or ideas or to damage
an opposing cause or idea
During WW1 how was
propaganda used?
16. Armistice

a cessation (end) of hostilities
Why was November 11th known
as ‘armistice day’ (may need to
GOOGLE it)?
17. Rationing

a system for limiting the
distribution of food, gasoline,
and other goods, so that the
military can have the
weapons, equipment, and
supplies it needs
Why was rationing used during
WW1?
18. Reparations-

a payment demanded of a
nation defeated in war by a
victorious nation
How were reparations used at
the end of WW1?
19. Russian Revolution- (white
revolution)

In March 1917 a revolution
toppled the aristocratic
Czar Nicholas II of Russia
and replaced him with a
communist government
Who led the new government?
(Google)
20. Nationalism

a strong feeling of pride in
and loyalty to one’s nation
How does nationalism affect
WW1?
21. Liberty Bonds

a government issued bond
sold during WWI to raise
money for the Allied war
effort
Who pays the bonds—how are
they used by the government?
22. 369th regiment
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In WWI , an African
American regiment of the
U.S Army
Why should we learn about this?