STAAR Unit 5: WWI

Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire 

An international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations

A series of proposals in which U.S. president Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I

Court Cases:

A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield

Defeat of the Germans by French and American troops in France in 1918

About 2 million Americans went to France as members of this under General John J. Pershing

28th President of the U.S. known for his WWI leadership

Commander of American Expeditionary Force of over 1 million troops

heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, was assassinated and his killing led to WWI

The policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other countries

A telegram Germany sent to Mexico to convince Mexico to attack the U.S, leading the U.S. to join WWI

A policy that the Germans announced that their submarines would sink any ship in the British waters 

A joining together from some common purpose

Law passed by Congress in 1917 that required all men from ages 21 to 30 to register for the military draft

The treaty imposed on Germany after the end of World War I which demanded huge reparations from the Germans.

A war between the allies and the central powers

Killed 25 machine gunners and captured 132 German soldiers when his soldiers took cover; won The Medal of Freedom 

Cruise ship that was sunk by German submarines and helped bring the U.S. closer to involvement in WWI