WW1
WW1
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- Armenian Genocide
- 1.5 million armenians died slaughtered by the ottoman empire
- Draft-Selective Service
- Call people from the ages 18-25 to go to war
- Dreadnought
- A large British Battleship
- Schlieffen Plan
- A plan for Germay to go through neutral belgium to attack the french from behind
- No Mans Land
- Territory between rival Trenches, very dangerous
- Archduke Fanz Ferdnand
- Heir to the throne of the Austria Hungary Empire. assassinated which sparked WW1
- Kaiser Wilhelm 2
- Leader of the German empire during the WW1 era
- reparations
- Payments made to the winning country in the war from he losing countries
- Assasination of Archduke Fanz Feinand
- Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in a parade in Austria Hugary Where Gavrilo Pincip shot him and his wifr
- 11th Hour Of The 11th Day Of The 11th Month
- Germeny surrendered and WW1 came to an end
- Zimmerman Telegram
- A telegram Germany Sent to Mexico to convince Mexico to attack the U.S.
- Propaganda
- The use of images and words which tried to convince the public of something, often exaggerated the truth
- Shell Shocked
- Emotional problems cause from bad conditions in trenches. uncontrollable shaking, face a different color, delirious
- Stalemate
- In battle no side can win
- Christmas Truce Of 1914
- There were temporary truces on the front line for Christmas
- Allied Powers
- German, Austria-Hungarian, Ottoman Empires
- Tsar Nicholas
- The leader of the Russian Empire in WW1 era
- Self-Determination
- Having confidence in your self
- Alfred Von Schlieffen
- The Creater of the Schlieffen Plan
- Liberty Bonds
- A payment made that will increase over to send to the war
- Nationalism
- Extreme pride in one's country
- Gaurilo Princip
- A Serbian Nationalist who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife
- Influenza Pandemic
- killed 20-40 million people, more then WW1
- The "Big Four"
- All of the leaders of the vassals treaty, David Lloyd George, Vittorio Orlando, Georges clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson
- Sinking The Lusitanio
- German U-boats torpedoed a large passenger ship coming from New York and sunk, 1200 people died
- Attrition
- A decrease in size or numbers
- Versailles Treaty
- The compromise after WW1, settled land and freedom disputes
- The Balkans
- Ethnic southeastern Europe
- Bolsheviks
- Spreaders of communism in Russia
- Armistice
- Temporary suspension of fighting to make a truce
- Woodrow Wilson
- President of the U,S, during the WW1 Era. declared war on Germany and Came up with the 14 points
- V.I. Lenin
- After Russian Revolution, V.I. Lenin was the first communist leader u.s.s.r, soviet union
- Trench Warfare
- War in he trench's(hiding in holes and shooting from inside them)
- Central Powers
- The U.S,, Great Britian, France, and Italy
- Militarism
- Building of an army to prepare for war
- League of Nations
- Organization were people came to settle arguments and disputes
- Fourteen Points
- these are the compromises president Wilson wrought up in the making of the versailles treaty