liberty bonds

self determination

Concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves

U-boats

German submarines

Allied Expeditionary Force

The army commanded by General Eisenhower stormed the beach at Normandy, France ; surprising the German forces there and bringing a great victory!

Wilson's Fourteen Points

This is the plan for post-World War I outlined by President Wilson in 1918. This plan called for self-determination (countries in Africa and Asia govern themselves), freedom of the seas, free trade, end to secret agreements, reduction of arms and a league of nations.

selective service act

Law passed by Congress in 1917 that required all men from ages 21 to 30 to register for the military draft

reparations

Payment for war damages

internationalists

People who thought the US should try to preserve peace in the world; opposite of isolationists

Reservationists

Senators who pledged to vote in favor of the Treaty of Versailles if certain changes were made - led by Henry Cabot Lodge

big four

The Big Four were the four most important leaders, and the most important ones at the Paris Peace Conference. They were Woodrow Wilson- USA, David Lloyd George- UK, George Clemenceau- France, and Vittorio Orlando- Italy.

zimmerman note

1917 - Germany sent this to Mexico instructing an ambassador to convince Mexico to go to war with the U.S. It was intercepted and caused the U.S. to mobilized against Germany, which had proven it was hostile

Sedition Act

1918 law that made it illegal to criticize the government

Sussex pledge

A promise Germany made to America, after Wilson threatened to sever ties, to stop sinking their ships without warning.

stalemate

A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible

armistice

An agreement to stop fighting

liberty bonds

Where people bought bonds so the government could get that money now for war. The bonds increased in interest over time.

alliance

a team you form in the war

Leauge of Nations

an international organazation up after World War I to prevent futer wars

369th Regiment

in World War I, an African American regiment of the U.S. Army

great migration

movement of over 300,000 African American from the rural south into Northern cities between 1914 and 1920

irreconcilable

not reconcilable; not able to be brought into friendly accord or compromise; incompatible

pacifists

people opposed to the use of violence

mobilization

the process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war

Treaty of Versailles

the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans

espionage acts

two laws, enacted in 1917 and 1918, that imposed harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against U.S. participation in WWI