WW1 Flashcards
(33 cards)
Nationalism
Countries act in their own national interests
Alliances
- Europe divided into teams
- later allies v central powers
Imperialism
- quest for more colonies
- offers money&power
Militarism
Massive build up of military force
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
- are to throut of austerya Hungary
- killed by tarerist
- assisted bye Serbian tarerist
- austrea declara was on serbea
Allies
Great Briton, France, Italy, and Russia
Central powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turku, and balgary
U-boats
- German subs
- us saw it as vicious
- Germany declare GB waters a war zone
English blockade
- cut off us trade w/ central powers
- tightened vs relationship w/ allies
The Lusitania
- British liner sunk bye Germany
- killed 1,198
The Sussex
- French cross-channel ferry
- sunk by German u-boat
- forced us to start defense measures
National defense act
- Doubled are army
- More ships
- increased industry and resoraes
Zimmerman telegram
- suggested a German Mexican alliance
- Mexico to invad U.S.
- intersected bye British
Mobilization
Organization preparation for people and resoraes I war
Selective service act
- Required all men 21 to 30 to register with the local draft bored
- 2.8 million drafted (half of the army)
African American soldiers
- saw a chance to be treated equally
- segregated units (whit officers)
- non combat tasks
AEF
- American expedition force
- nick name (Doug boys)
- John J Pershing
John j Pershing
Jeneral of u.s. Trops
Convoy
Merchant ships carrying troops and suplis surrounded bye military ships to protect against u-boats
Trench warfare
- Nomans land, land between toe trenches
- maze
- disease and sickness rats lice fluds
- always muddy
Battle of the Somme
- over 1,000,000 dead
- GB 6,000,000 dead in one day
Liberty bonds
Citizens loan money to help with the war
Food administration
- Herbert Hoover
- farm production
- victory gardens
Espionage act
Can’t do anything disloyal to US gov or military