World War I/Economics Study online at quizlet.com/_arsm8 1. airplanes 4. Archduke Franz Ferdinand used as weapons during WWI to fire machine guns, fight, and drop bombs/poison gas on the enemy 2. heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne whose assassination by a Serbian led to war *Austria-Hungary used his assassination as an excuse to declare war on Serbia to gain land and protect trade routes. alliance 5. Central Powers agreement among nations to defend one another 3. Allied Powers Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire 6. competition Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia happens when more than one business tries to sell the same products 7. entrepreneurship 11. isolationism risking money to improve and expand a business 8. factories policy of not being involved in the affairs of other nations *The U.S. wanted to remain neutral and not get involved in other countries' affairs because we didn't want to have our men die for a war that wouldn't benefit us. 12. League of Nations Place where women went to work during WWI and took over jobs that men had done. 9. Flander's Fields International peacekeeping organization to prevent a war from ever happening again. 13. Lusitania poem that encouraged soldiers to keep fighting and win the war so the dead could rest in peace knowing they had fought for a purpose 10. 1915 British steamship torpedoed by German submarine; 100 citizens killed 14. incentive reason to do something National Labor Review Board settled disputes between workers and company owners 15. nationalism 18. Reasons U.S. Entered WWI love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it 16. USA broke its' policy of isolationism and entered WWI to fight along with the Allied Powers for several reasons: 1) a German submarine sank the British steamship Lusitania and killed over 100 U.S. citizens 2) Germany promised to help Mexico get back lands it had lost to the U.S. 3) Germany sank 3 U.S. commercial ships sending supplies to Europe productivity 19. Treaty of Versailles improving capital goods (equipment and training employees) increases what businesses can produce 17. propaganda posters ended the war and severely punished Germany with loss of land, reparations (heavy fines), and they could not rebuild their army 20. trenches encouraged patriotism during the war soldiers dug these to protect themselves from machine gun fire; could go hundreds of miles; were often cold, muddy, rat infested and gave no protection from poison gas. 21. Uncle Sam Posters 24. persuaded young men to join the army *U.S. soldiers had an advantage over soldiers from other countries since they had not been beaten down by 3 years of war 22. President who (1917) asked congress to declare war on the Central Powers 25. World War I war bonds gave the government money to pay for the war with the promise to repay it after the war was over 23. Woodrow Wilson war gardens People started growing these to provide food for their families during WWI. A war between the allied powers and the central powers from 1914 to 1918. Nationalism, rivalry, and alliances created the tension between countries that ultimately led to war. *Germany (Central Powers) and Russia (Allied Powers) went to war with each other to protect their alliances and trade routes.
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