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World War I Vocabulary

World War I Vocabulary

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History

9th - 12th Grade

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Valerie Sanguinetti

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1.

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Trench Warfare

Back

Combat in which armies attack, counterattack, and defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground

2.

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Front

Lusitania Incident

Back

The torpedoing and sinking of a British passenger liner by a German submarine

3.

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Front

Preparedness Movement

Back

A campaign led former President Theodore Roosevelt to strengthen the US military after the outbreak of World War I

4.

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Front

Selective Service Act

Back

Law giving the U.S. president the power to draft soldiers

5.

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Front

American Expeditionary Force

Back

The name applied to US soldiers serving in Europe during World War I

6.

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Front

Harlem Hellfighters

Back

The most celebrated African-American regiment in World War I

7.

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Front

Zimmerman Note

Back

Secret communication that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the US entered World War I against Germany

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