WWI Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. Fighting with trenches, mines, and barbed wire. Horrible living conditions, great slaughter, no gains, stalemate, used in WWI.
  2. 7. Pride in one’s country
  3. 10. Biased communication designed to influence peoples' thoughts and actions
  4. 12. French premier was determined to weaken the German army as well as to use German financial resources to rebuild the French economy.
  5. 14. He was leader in the fight against the US joining the League of Nations
  6. 15. International organization founded in 1919 to promote world peace and cooperation. It was greatly weakened by US refusal to join.
  7. 17. A Wall Street Broker before being chosen by President Wilson to head the War Industries Board. He helped the US manage war production.
  8. 19. A note intercepted by the US, originally sent from Germany to Mexico saying that if Mexico can keep the US out of the Great War then Germany would help Mexico regain its territories taken from the US
  9. 20. British Prime Minister who hoped to weaken German industrial output, eliminate most of the German Navy, and force Germany to pay for post-war rebuilding.
  10. 22. Policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war
  11. 23. The large scale movement of hundreds of thousands Southern Blacks to the North.
  12. 24. American force of 14,500 that landed in France in June 1917 under the command of General John Pershing.
  13. 25. Act of 1918 that made illegal any criticism of the government.
  14. 28. Required only men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected
  15. 30. Great Britain, France, Russia
  16. 31. Heavy guard of destroyers escorting merchant ships back and forth across the Atlantic in groups
  17. 32. As part of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was ordered to pay fines to the Allies to repay the costs of the war. Opposed by the US, and quickly lead Germany into a severe depression.
Down
  1. 1. German submarine sunk this unarmed British ship killing 139 Americans provoking US into WWI.
  2. 2. A journalist who helped in anti-German movement as well as inspired patriotism in America during the war.
  3. 3. A temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties
  4. 4. Enacted fines and imprisonment for false statements, inciting rebellion, or obstructing recruitment to the military draft.
  5. 6. Archduke of Austria Hungary assassinated by a Serbian in 1914. His murder was one of the causes of WWI.
  6. 8. Policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically
  7. 9. A barren expanse of mud pock marked with shell craters and filled with barbed wire
  8. 11. Treaty that ended WWI. It blamed Germany for WWI and handed down harsh punishments.
  9. 13. A provision in the Treaty of Versailles by which Germany acknowledged that it alone was responsible for WWI.
  10. 16. Famous fighter pilot of WWI. Became a well known race car driver after the war.
  11. 18. A person who opposes warfare on moral grounds explaining that the bible says so.
  12. 21. Created in 1917, they controlled raw materials, production, prices, and labor relations. It was intended to restore economic order and to ensure US is producing enough at home and abroad.
  13. 26. Wilson's peace plan designed to end the war without much discontent from all countries. It helped create the League of Nations, as well as inspired the allies, demoralized the enemy, and gave promises out to dissatisfied minorities.
  14. 27. Germany, Austria Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire
  15. 29. During WWI, this Tennessean won the Congressional Medal of Honor for capturing 132 German soldiers