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WW1

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Conscientious Objector
a person who refuses on moral grounds, to participate in warfare.
Trench Warfare
military operations in which the opposing forces attack from systems of fortified ditched rather than an open battlefield.
Triple Entente
Great Britain, France, and Russia
Triple Alliance
Alliance between Germany, Italy, Austria Hungry
Mustard Gas
yellow-green chlorine fog that sickened, suffocated, burned, and blinded its victims
Wilson
28th President of the United States, led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations
Shell Shock
a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare
Schleffen Plan
Plan that helped Germany invade Belgium; called for a holding action against Russia, combined with a quick drive through Belgium to Paris; after France had fallen, the two German armies would defeat Russia
Airplanes in WW1
Airplanes were one of the newest weapons of the time and helped tremendously by giving another form of attack.
Zimmerman Note
a message sent in 1917 by the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico, proposing German-Mexiacan Alliance and promising to help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona if the U.S. entered WW1
Francis Ferdinand
heir to the Austrian throne, visited the Bosnian Capital, Sarajevp. Was shot by Princip
USS Maine
Ship that explodes off the coast of Cuba in Havana harbor and helps contribute to the start of the Spanish-American War
Lusitania
a british passenger ship that was sunk by a german U-boat in 1915
Treaty of Versailles
the 1919 peace treaty at the end of ww1 which established new nations, borders, and war reperations
Scab
someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
Militarism
the policy of building up armed forces in aggressive preparedness for war and their use as a tool for diplomacy
Imperialism
when the government exetes influence on other people
Civilian
person who is not enrolled in any of the armed forces

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