WW1 Key Terms

3. a kind of biased communication designed to influence people’s thoughts and actions
4. a British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915.
8. a person who refuses, on moral grounds, to participate in warfare.
9. military operations in which forces attack from systems of fortified ditches.
11. an association of nations established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace.
13. the nation’s first propaganda agency, formed to influence public opinion to maximize support for the United States.
14. the protection of merchant ships from U-boat attacks by having the ships travel in large groups escorted by warships.
15. led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
16. the policy of building up armed forces in preparation for war.
17. the principles making up President Woodrow Wilson’s plan for world peace following World War I.

1. the 1919 peace treaty at the end of World War I which established new nations, borders, and war reparations.
2. a law, enacted in 1917, that required men to register for military service.
5. an unoccupied region between opposing armies.
6. a devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation.
7. a message sent by the German foreign minister to the ambassador in Mexico, proposing a German- Mexican alliance.
10. the 1919 peace treaty at the end of World War I which established new nations, borders, and war reparations.
12. Great Britain, France, and Russia and later joined by the United States, Italy, and others.