Chapter 21: World War I & Its Aftermath Flashcards
Willhelm II
Emperor of Germany in 1888. He was the grandchild of Victoria I of England and wanted to create Germany in its image. This posturing of Germany worried the other European powers and began to set the stage for WWI
Triple Entente
An alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia. Its purpose was to keep Germany, Austro-Hungary, and Italy’s power in check on the continent
National Defence Act of 1916
Gave rise to the modern military in the United States. It gave rise to the modern versions of the National Guard and the military reserves. These new troops could be called upon if needed in a time of emergency
Veracruz
A city in Mexico that Woodrow Wilson ordered the Marines into to accompany US shipments. This helped people in the US understand that the Navy would be the way to win new modern warfare
Columbus, New Mexico
A town which was invaded by Pancho Villa who was trying to get America to invade Mexico. Wilson would send troops into New Mexico to track down Villa and capture him.
Schlieffen Plan
The planned invasion by Germany in France should war break out. Instead of attacking straight into France, Germany would instead go around and attack through Belgium. But this violation of Belgian sovereignty was what brought the UK into the war
Gallipoli
A campaign against the Ottoman Empire by the British and French armies. The Brits threw many men against the Ottomans but were unsuccessful for much of their campaigns.
Selective Service Act
Passed in 1917, it instituted a localized draft in the US. At first men ages 21-30 where required to register and pass a basic physical fitness test for service.
Army Alpha Test
The non-physical exam when men entered the service, it was used to determine intelligence. Soldiers who could read took the Army Alpha test, while those who were illiterate and non-English speakers took the Army Beta test. The results of these tests would later be used as evidence for eugenics
W.E.B. Du Bois
A black leader in the US. He supported the war and hoped the war would bring more racial equality to the country. Especially once the whites were forced to fight along side them and die. This did not occur
George Creel
The head of the Committee on Public Information aka the Creel Committee which was created by Wilson to help get the American people on board with the idea of going to war. Creel got Hollywood studios to make movies and other propaganda for the war
August 8, 1918
The date when 2 million men from the American Expeditionary Forced joined the French and Brits to push Germany back out of France. The new blood, plus the materials given by the US, brought the war to a close as the Germans could not keep up anymore
Haskell County, Kansas
The place where the strain that would become the Influenza Pandemic was found. In the county in Kansas was one of the largest army training camps in the nation, Camp Funston. From this camp it quickly spread to the other large camps and then into Europe
“Spanish Lady”
The Spanish Influenza, or Spanish Lady, was originally misnamed due to the first news of it coming from Spain, the only place around that didn’t have laws against publishing things against the war effort. It ravaged much of Western Europe and the US
Nicola Sacco
An Italian born anarchist who was convicted of robbery and murder in 1920. It flamed tensions in the US about communist infiltration and began the Red Scare. Many leftist in the US used this to try to gain traction, but to little effect
