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Reparations |
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Germany is to pay for the damage caused by the war, give back land they took and pay to rebuild it. |
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League Of Nations |
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An international organization formed in 1919 to promote cooperation and peace among nations; although suggested by Woodrow Wilson, the United States never joined and it remained powerless in trying to prevent war in Europe. |
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Isolationism |
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United States foreign policy after World War I, in which U.S. refused to join the League of Nations or engage in diplomatic alliances; lasted until U.S. entry into World War II. |
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General John Pershing |
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Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, appointed by Woodrow Wilson. "Black JAck Pershing and his strong forces cooperated with the Allies to stop German Offensive.
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Treaty Of Versailles |
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Treaty ending World War I. It was extremely unfair to Germany, forcing them to accept all of the blame for the war. It is a major cause of World War |
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William Borah |
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States's Republican Party chairman. In the Senate he held great power as chairman of the foreign relations. Advocate of Isolationism in foreign policy, he was best known for his role in preventing the U.S. from joining the League Of Nations. |
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Henry Cabot Lodge |
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Republican U.S. Representative and Senator who argued against the League of Nations in 1919. chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations oppesed Wilson's foreign policy |
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Allies |
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All nations fighting the Germanic Empires
U.S.- President Woodrow Wilson, Britain- David Lloyd George, France- George Clemenceau, Russia- Czar Nicholas II |
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Central Powers |
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An alliance of the German Empire, Austria-Hungry, and the Ottoman Empire. |
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Archduke Ferdinand |
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The heir apparent to the Austria-Hungry Empire, assassinated by Serbian terrorist. |
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Black Hand |
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A secret Serbian terrorist group that trained Princip, murderer of Archduke Ferdinand. |
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Propaganda |
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Communication aimed at influencing the public opinion |
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U-boats |
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German submarine, short for undersea boat |
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Nationalism |
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Strong support of the rights and interests for one's country. It came into play when each country was out to prove teir dominance and power in WWI |
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Lusitania |
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"Greyhound of the Seas"; A German submarine missle went through the ships side in the Irish coast, and a second explosion occured after that. 1,119 passengers died, and it caused Germany to give warning to passenger ships before they were sunk. |
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Zimmerman Telegram |
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Arthur Zimmerman of Germany sent a telegram to the President of Mexico that proposed a German-Mexican alliance and proposed that Mexico reclaimed its former US territory through war. Wilson published the telegram and the US went to war 5 weeks later. |
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Espinage and Sedition Acts |
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The Espionage act made it illegal for people to promote success of America's enemies and to relay false information to interfere with militaristic success. Then the Sedition Act was passed and made it illegal for people to speak out against the government. They were passed to keep ordinary citizens out of the main war effort. |
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Food Administration Board |
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It was created by the Lever Act of 1917 and had the authority to control prices, negotiate oversea exports, and have farmers grow more crops. It controlled the feeding of the US soldiers and allies. |
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War Industries Board |
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A committee created before WWI whose task was to help mobilize the American economy for possible war. It began in 1916 as the Council of National Defense. The policies provided a template for the New Deal and the mobilization for WWI. |
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Great Migration |
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The movement of African Americans to the northern cities during the 1910's and 1920's in hope to escape tenament farming, sharecropping and peonage. Access to housing became a major issue between the black and white races so many cities adopted residential segregation ordinances to keep blacks out of white neighborhoods, which was ruled unconstitutional in 1917. The outcome, though, was balck people creating cities within cities like Harlem. |
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Russian Revolution |
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There were actually two revolutions in Russia the February Revolution is where the Tsar abdicated his throne and the Provisional Governement took power while the October Revolution is where the Provisional Governement was overthrown by the Bolsheviks. |
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Armistice |
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A temporary discontinuance of fighting by mutual consent, a truce. |
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Self-Determination |
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In WWI self-determination defined how the imperial monarchies were driven to war with the self-determination of the individual leaders who hoped to make political and economic gains by using the war as a platform for various things. |
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Wilson's Fourteen Points |
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A speech in which the address was intended to insure the country that war was being fought for a moral cause and for post-war peace in Europe. It became the basis for the terms of the German surrender. The Fourteen Points had nothing to do with the Treaty of Versailles so it was never ratified by the U.S. Senate. |
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