World War I Vocabulary

Militarism

• A belief based on the idea that the individual's loyalty and devotion to their country surpass other individual or group interests

• The belief that a country should maintain a strong military and to use it aggressively to expand its interests or values

• A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force

• The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country

Nationalism

• A belief based on the idea that the individual's loyalty and devotion to their country surpass other individual or group interests

• The belief that a country should maintain a strong military and to use it aggressively to expand its interests or values

• A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force

• The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country

Allied Powers

• Countries such as Germany, France, and the Ottoman Empire that fought together during World War I

• Countries such as Great Britain, France, and the Ottoman Empire that fought together during World War I

• Countries such as Great Britain, France, and the United States that fought together during World War I

• Countries such as Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire that fought together during World War I

Central Powers

• Countries such as Germany, France, and the Ottoman Empire that fought together during World War I

• Countries such as Great Britain, France, and the Ottoman Empire that fought together during World War I

• Countries such as Great Britain, France, and the United States that fought together during World War I

• Countries such as Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire that fought together during World War I

Trench Warfare

• The use of the toxic properties of chemical substances to kill, injure, or incapacitate an enemy

• A form fighting in which small groups of combatants use tactics such as ambushes and sabotage to fight a larger military

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

• Military operations characterized by attacks launched from the sea by naval and landing forces against hostile shores

Lusitania Incident

• The massive explosion of a US Navy ship off the coast of Cuba

• The attack of a US warship by North Vietnamese boats

• The attack of an American frigate by a British ship in search of deserters from their navy

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

Preparedness Movement

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

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

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

• The most celebrated African-American regiment in World War I

Selective Service Act

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

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

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

• The most celebrated African-American regiment in World War I

American Expeditionary Force

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

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

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

• The most celebrated African-American regiment in World War I

Harlem Hellfighters

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

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

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

• The most celebrated African-American regiment in World War I