WWI Vocab Review

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Across
  1. 4. our side in WW1; military alliance of England, France, Russia & the US
  2. 6. excessive pride in one’s nation
  3. 7. spreading of ideas to help or hurt a cause
  4. 11. to try to dominate a weaker nation’s gov’t & economy
  5. 12. Act a law that requires men of a certain age to register with the government in case of a draft
  6. 15. President Wilson’s goals for peace after WW1
  7. 18. used by Germany in WW1; German u-boats attacked ANY Allied ship
  8. 19. build up a strong military
Down
  1. 1. Treaty signed in 1919 that ended WW1; placed the blame on Germany & her allies
  2. 2. note sent from Germany to Mexico urging Mexico to attack the US if the US declared war on Germany; intercepted by the British; a reason the US entered the Allied side in WW1
  3. 3. a system for selecting young men for required military service
  4. 5. US gov’t agency set up to coordinate war supplies; it helped factories shift production to mass production & make sure the military had what they needed
  5. 8. an agreement between nations to protect one another
  6. 9. bonds sold by the US gov’t to help raise money for war
  7. 10. the American all Black infantry unit that fought with the French army in WW1
  8. 13. situation that occurred during trench warfare; neither side was really strong enough to defeat the other
  9. 14. German submarine
  10. 16. British passenger ship sunk by German u-boats in 1915; 1,200 people died, including 128 Americans; a reason the US joined the Allied side in WW1
  11. 17. the side we fought against in WW1; military alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary & the Ottoman Empire