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Lusitania
British passenger liner sunk by a German u boat off the coast of Ireland. Killed 1800 people
Gallipoli
Ww1 battle when French and American tried to help Russia through Constantinople.
Propaganda
Ideas facts or roumours that deliberately one’s vision
Central powers
Ww1 alliance with Germany Austria Hungary and Bulgaria and ottaman empire
Allied powers
Alliance that included Britain France Russia and the US
U boat
German submarines
Woodrow Wilson
US president who warned Germany that the US would not tolerate submarine attacks
Arthur Zimmerman
Sent a secret telegram to Germany to alliance with Mexico. The British saw this telegram and didn’t like it.
When dose the us declare war on Germany
April 16 1917
When is armistice declared
November 11 1918
What general chased poncho villa and led the US troops
John black jack
Vladimir Lenin
Leader of the bolsheviks and a revolutionary scientist in the revolution. “Peace, bread, and land.”
Armistice
Agreement signed by leaders warring nations to stop fighting
Reperations
Payment for war damages
Fourteen points
- President Woodrow Wilson’s plan for a just world based on the allies aims to end ww1
Ferdinand Foch
A French marshal who stopped the Germans at chateau Thierry
Paris peace conference
Meeting of victorious nations to write terms for the peace following Ww1
League of Nations
World organization formed after ww1 to maintain peace
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty between Germany and the allied powers at the end of ww1.
Influenza pandemic
Flu like epidemic that killed more than 20 million people worldwide during 1918 and 1919
Who got assasinated in 1901
Teddy Roosevelt
How much money did it take to build the Panama Canal
$10 million
