United States Involvement in World War One

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  1. 2. alliance in world war one formed by Russia, Serbia, France, Great Britain, and eventually the United States and other minor countries
  2. 7. one of the British passenger ships attacked by German Submarine warfare - due to American casualties, it was a major cause for the U.S. declaring war on Germany
  3. 9. Germany's attempt at instigating a war between Mexico and the United States in order to keep the U.S. from declaring war on Germany - it was a major reason the U.S. entered world war one against Germany
  4. 12. the policy of extending a nation’s authority over other countries by economic, political, and/or military means - was a long term cause of world war one
  5. 13. groups that resisted Austrian-Hungarian Empire and assassinated the Archduke Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo
  6. 15. devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation which caused antagonism and competition among rival European nation-states, and various ethnic groups within larger empires resented domination and worked for their nation to become independent
  7. 17. law signed by US Congress in 1917 requiring all 18 year old males to register for the military draft - contributed significantly to troops in world war one
  8. 19. condition of the Treaty of Versailles that placed the five countries formed out of the Ottoman Empire under the protectorates of Great Britain and France
  9. 20. official position of the United States toward world war one for the first three years
  10. 21. a term that describes the use of machine guns, airplanes, poison gas, tanks, submarines, etc. in war
  11. 22. mutual agreement between like-minded governments to provide collective security over military or political matters - was a long term cause for world war one
  12. 23. style of warfare used in world war one in which opposing sides fought from "trenches" and led to a stalemate
  13. 24. condition of the Treaty of Versailles that placed all the blame for the war on Germany, and led to punitive action toward Germany
  14. 25. an agency of the federal government during world war one that coordinated business and industry to produce goods for war
  15. 26. region of south-east Europe considered a "powder keg" and "the sick man" in the years prior to world war one
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  1. 1. alliance in world war one formed by Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria
  2. 3. president of the United States during world war one who also negotiated the Treaty of Versailles
  3. 4. the development of armed forces and their use as a tool of foreign policy - was a long term cause for world war one
  4. 5. a forum for nations to settle their grievances without war - it was part of the Treaty of Versailles
  5. 6. action US Congress took in regard to the Treaty of Versailles
  6. 8. condition in the Treaty of Versailles which forced Germany to pay $33 Billion to the Allied powers for war damages
  7. 10. peace agreement that ended world war one, but unintentionally led to world war two
  8. 11. an agreement to end armed conflict - this was the way world war one ended on November 11th, 1918
  9. 14. plan for peace developed by US President Woodrow Wilson that included plans for 1)Freedom of the Seas, 2) Self determination for nations, and 3) a League of Nations
  10. 16. location in France where the peace conference to end world war one was held in 1919
  11. 18. heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne who was assassinated in Sarajevo by Serbian nationalists; igniting the “powder keg” which led to World War One