US World War 1 Vocab

2. Woodrow Wilson's speech before Congress it presented his plan for peace
6. it encouraged companies to use mass-production techniques to increase efficiency and also encouraged companies to eliminate waste by standardizing products
7. required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service
9. a heavy guard of destroyers escorted merchant ships back and forth across the Atlantic
11. type of fighting used on the Western Front in World War 1, involved digging into the ground to protect soldiers from enemy fire
15. large scale movement of African-Americans from the South to the North
17. A telegram from the German foreign minister that asked Mexico to ally with Germany and asked Mexico to start a war with the United States to regain control of Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico
18. Britsh ship that was sunk of the coast of Ireland and killed 1,198 people including 128 Americans
19. nickname for American troops came from either the way they cleaned their white belts or the inexperience in modern warfare
21. provide a forum for nations to discuss and settle grievances without resorting to war

1. forced Germany to admit sole responsibility for starting World War 1
3. first known as the Triple Entente made up of Britain, France, and Russia
4. the heir to the Austria empire killed by a Serbian nationalist
5. the development of armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy
8. a person who opposes warfare on moral grounds, pointing out that the bible says thou shall not kill
10. a kind of biased communication designed to influence people's thoughts and actions
11. offically ended World War 1
12. war damages
13. first known as the Triple Alliance made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy and the Ottoman Empire
14. a barren expanse of mud pockmarked with shell craters and filled with barbed wire
16. truce that ended the war
20. German submarines