What major event shocked the American people and led President Wilson to declare war on Germany?
The Zimmerman Note was exposed
Propaganda
The spreading of ideas to promote a certain cause or damage an opposing cause.
No Man's Land
The deadly area between enemy trenches that was littered with craters, barbed-wire and dead bodies
Militarism
One of the major causes of World War I was the glorification of the military which is known as this
Reparations
Payments for war damages
League of Nations
International organization formed after WWI to settle disputes between nations through diplomacy. The USA did not join.
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty that ended World War I, but worsened relations between European nations
Poppy
This flower is considered the memorial flower of WWI
The Great War
Another name for World War I
What were the new weapons/technology of WWI?
Long range artillery, machine guns, barbed wire, poison gas, tanks, zeppelins, and airplanes
What were some of the fourteen points?
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Woodrow Wilson
President of the United States
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Leader of Germany
Czar Nicholas II
Leader of Russia
Arthur Zimmerman
German Foreign Minister
Fourteen Points
Outlined Wilson's plan for peace
Allied Powers
France, Great Britain, Russia, USA
Nationalism
A deep feeling of pride and devotion to ones country. One of the major causes of WWI
Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire
Mobilize
To prepare military forces for war
Schlieffen Plan
German plan to quickly defeat France by marching through Belgium before Russia could mobilize its forces.
Frank Ferdinand
This Australia-Hungarian heir to the throne's assassination was the event that started WWI