Download U.S. HISTORY VOCABULARY CHAPTER 14

U.S. HISTORY
VOCABULARY
CHAPTER 14
WORLD WAR I
Some called it this & some called it “The War To
End All Wars” – it actually STARTED WWII
Impacting Individuals of WWI
• Victor Huerta -- this man overthrew the duly elected
government of Mexico in 1913.
• Vladimir Lenin -- Bolshevik leader of Russia
• Franz Ferdinand -- Arch Duke and heir to the Serbo-Austrian
Empire. Assassinated by Bosnian terrorist in 1914
• J. Edgar Hoover -- head of the FBI
• John J. Pershing -- Commander of troops in Mexico and WWI
• Bernard Baruch -- Director of the War Industries Board
He led the communist takeover in Russia
Factors That Helped Start WWI
• Zimmerman Telegram -- A telegram
Germany Sent to Mexico to convince
Mexico to attack the U.S.
• Sussex Pledge -- 1916 Germans promised
not to have any more surprise attacks on
any ships
THE ACTUAL ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM
Things were tense on this date in 1917. This is
what actually thrust the USA into WWI
THE ECONOMICS ($) OF WWI
• War Industries Board -- had control over raw materials,
production, prices, labor relations
• National War Labor Board -- A board that negotiated labor
disputes that would disrupt the war
• Committee on Public Information -- Responsible for
maintaining support for the war
• Liberty and Victory Bonds -- Bonds sold to Americans that
were really a loan to the government
PROMOTIONS OF WAYS TO PAY FOR WWI
TAKING SIDES DURING WWI
• Triple Alliance -- Alliance between Germany, Italy, Austria
Hungry
• Central Powers -- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman
Empire, and Bulgaria
• Allied Forces -- Britain, France Italy, Russia, USA
• Balkans -- a region in south eastern Europe where tension
began rising in WWI
• Bolsheviks -- A communist group seeking control of the
Russian government
JOINING IN THE FIGHT OF WWI
• No Man's Land -- A strip of land between the trenches
of opposing armies along the Western Front during
WW1
• doughboys -- American Soldiers
• selective Service -- required all men from ages 21 to 30 to
register for the military draft
• Conscription -- A forced enlistment of citizens of a
country to fight for their country.
• U-Boats -- German submarines
“Over The Top” (out of the trenches) & into
NO MAN’S LAND often meant certain death
MISCELLANEOUS (extra) TERMS:
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Contraband -- Prohibited Materials
Convoy -- a group that travels with something
espionage -- spying to acquire secret government information
Nationalism -- Feeling of intense loyalty and devotion to a
nation
The USA “I Want You!” enlistment posters
copied this original British join-the-army slogan
ENDING WWI
• Treaty of Brest-Litsvok -- Ended russian involvement in
WWI
• The Treaty of Versailles -- the agreement ending WWI
• League of Nations -- an association of nations organized
to preserve peace and prevent future wars.
• 14 Points -- Wilson plan for ending WWI
• Reparations -- Payment for damages after a war
• Armistice -- a cease fire that ends military conflict
Prime Minister of France Georges Clemenceau
(right) signs the Treaty of Versailles, an agreement
of peace that officially ended World War I