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Caruso-US/Mod ch. 11
Chapter 11 studyguide
Question | Answer |
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Spreading of false information and half truths to give a misleading picture of something | Propaganda |
Is belief that ones country is superior to all others | Nationalism |
to assemble the armed forces and prepare for war | mobilize |
goods that could be sued to help the war effort | contraband |
note that revealed that Germany had proposed a secret alliance with mexico | Zimmerman |
payments made by one nation to another to cover the damage it caused in a war | Reparations |
Pres wilson | US |
Prime Minister George | Great Britain |
premier Clemenceau | France |
Pm/Premier Orlando | Italy |
German Submarine that torpedoed ships suspected of carrying contraband | U-Boats |
People who believe in equal distribution of wealth and the end of all forms | communist |
limit the amount of something that someone can buy or use | Ration |
the Selective Service Act enacted a law which forced men between the ages of 21-30 to volunteer for the armed forces | Draft |
Germany, Austria-Hungary and their allies in WWI were known as the | Central Powers |
US raised money to pay for WWI in two ways | War Bonds Taxes |
international body organized to keep peace | league of nations |
a situation when neither side of a conflict can win a decisive victory | Stalemate |
Great Britain, France, Russia and their allies in WWI were known as | Allied Powers |
British passenger ship sunk by a German U-Boat in May of 1915 | Lusitania |
area where operations are carried on | Treaty of Brest-Litovsk |
Clause stating a country was guilty of starting a war | "War Guilt" |
league article which committed all members to protect the political independence and territory of all member nations | Article X |
A situatio of which the strength of rival alliances is nearly equal | balance of power |
Heir to throne of the Austria-Hungary empire | Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
present day capital of Bosnia | Sarajevo |
Russian Czar who declared war on Austria- Hungary | Nicholas the II |
New type of WWI strategy of defending a position by fighting from the protection of deep trenches | Trench Warfare |
Germany Promised to torpedo only military vessels | Sussex Pledge |
Well known advertising man who headed the Committee of public information | George Creel |
Made it a crime to speak any disloyal or abusive language about the government and the war effort | Sedition Act |
Regulated all aspects of industrial production and distribution | War-Industries board |
He was the head of the Food administration | Herbert Hoover |
Commander of the American Army in WWI | John J. Pershing |
WWI infantry men nickname | Doughboys |
Peace agreement between Russia and the Central powers that removed Russia from WWI | Treaty of Originally Brest-Litovsk |
TH original name of Veteran's day | Armistice |
President's Wilson's plan to make the world "Fit and Safe to live in." | Fourteen Points |
People choosing what form of Government their country would have | self-determination |
Treaty that ended WWI and established the League of Nations | Treaty of Versailles |
An agreement made between nations | alliance |
Serbian nationalist who assassinated the Archduke of Austri-Hungary | Gavrilo Princip |
leader in Germany in WWI | Kaiser Wilhelm II |
gas filled airship used for dropping poisonous gas bombs | Zepplin |
Policy of placing emphasis upon the military power of a country | militarism |
Supreme commander of the German military | Count Alfred Von Schlieffen |
Area between trenches of opposing armies along the western front in WWI | No-Mans-Land |
Massachusetts senator and chairman of the senate committee on Foreign Affairs who opposed to the league of nations | Henry Cabot lodge |