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World War I Vocab
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| nationalism | pride in one's nation |
| militarism | the policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war |
| terrorist | a person who uses threats and violence to promote a cause |
| kaiser | German emperor |
| Central Powers | military alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman empire during World War I |
| Allied Powers | military alliance of France, Britain, Russia, Italy, and 20 other nations during World War I |
| stalemate | deadlock in which neither side is strong enough to defeat the other |
| Battle of Verdun | prolonged World War I battle in which more than 1 million died or were wounded |
| propaganda | spreading of ideas to help a cause or hurt an opposing cause |
| U-boat | German submarine used in World War I and World War II |
| Lusitania | a British passenger ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1915; 1,200 people died, including 128 Americans |
| warmonger | person who tries to stir up war |
| Zimmermann telegram | a 1917 telegram sent from Germany's foreign secretary to the German minister in Mexico instructing the minister to urge Mexico to attack the United States if the United States declared war on Germany |
| czar | Russian emperor |
| Selective Service Act | law passed by Congress in 1917 that required all men from ages 21 to 30 to register for the military draft |
| draft | law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military |
| illiterate | unable to read or write |
| bureaucracy | system of managing government through departments run by appointed officals |
| Liberty Bonds | bonds sold by the United States government to raise money for World War I |
| pacifist | person who objects to any war; believes war is evil |
| Socialist | person who supports community ownership of property and the sharing of all profits |
| Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | a 1918 treaty between Russia and Germany that ended Russia's involvement in World War I |
| Battle of Belleau Wood | hard-fought American victory over the Germans in France in 1918 |
| Battle of the Argonne Forest | defeat of the Germans by French and American troops in France in October 1918 |
| armistice | an agreement to stop fighting |
| abdicate | give up power |
| epidemic | rapid spread of a contagious disease |
| Fourteen Points | President Wilson's goals for peace after World War I |
| self-determination | right of national groups to have their own territory and forms of government |
| League of Nations | association of nations formed after World War I under Wilson's Fourteen Points plan |
| Big Four | leaders of Britian, France, the United States, and Italy after World War I |
| reparations | cash payments made by a defeated nation to a victorious nation to pay for losses suffered during a war |
| Treaty of Versailles | treaty signed on June 28, 1919, by Germany and the Allies; formally placed the responibility for the war on Germany and its allies |
| isolationist | after World War I, American who wanted the United States to stay out of world affairs |
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