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- 1. Alliance An alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in the years before WWI.
- 3. Telegram This was sent by Germans to encourage a Mexican attack against the United States; intercepted by the US in 1917 and was one of the reason American got involved in WWI
- 4. Revolution the Bolsheviks, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, seized power and destroyed the tradition of csarist rule; t Bolsheviks would later become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- 9. A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country.
- 11. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
- 12. Guilt Clause (Article 231) part of the Treaty of Versailles in which Germany had to take full responsibility for WWI
- 13. War I (1914 - 1918) European war in which an alliance including Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States defeated the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria.
- 15. A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915, killing 128 Americans. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war.
- 17. Plan Germany's military plan at the outbreak of World War I, according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia.
- 18. of Versailles the treaty that ended WWI; it was imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 and it demanded high reparations from the Germans.
- 19. Entente A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding World War I.
- 20. Over the Top" An advance meaning to go over the trench and across no mans land fully exposed to enemy fire.
- 21. A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war.
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- 2. Peace Conference the peace conference where the "Big Four" that decided the terms of WWI peace and Treaty of Versailles.
- 5. Submarine Warfare A policy that the Germans announced on January 1917 which stated that their submarines would sink any ship in the British waters.
- 6. Man's Land A strip of land between the trenches of opposing armies along the Western Front during WW1.
- 7. War A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort.
- 8. of Nations an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations.
- 10. Franz Ferdinand Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated by a Serbian in 1914. His murder was one of the causes of WW I.
- 14. Warfare A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield.
- 16. Agreements between nations to aid and protect one another.
- 19. Front War Situation Germany found itself in under which it had to fight enemies on both its eastern and western borders.