Unit 8 Review

Central Powers

• Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States

• Mexico

• Australia

• Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire

Allied Powers (WWI)

• Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States

• Mexico

• Australia

• Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire

Stalemate

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

• A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible

• German submarines

• British passenger liner sunk in 1915 that helped sway American opinion of the war.

mobilize

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

• A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible

• to prepare for war

• an increase in the importance of the military of a country

Trench Warfare

• to prepare for war

• A form of warfare where soldiers fight from trees.

• Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States

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

U-boats

• German submarines

• to prepare for war

• Agreement to stop fighting

• an increase in the importance of the military of a country

Luisitania

• British passenger liner sunk in 1915 that helped sway American opinion of the war.

• American citizens were lending money to the government to pay for the war.

• Agreement to stop fighting

• Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.

Zimmerman Note

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

• A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible

• 1917 - Germany sent this to Mexico instructing an ambassador to convince Mexico to go to war with the U.S.

• British passenger liner sunk in 1915 that helped sway American opinion of the war.

Armistice

• Agreement to stop fighting

• As part of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was ordered to pay fines to the Allies to repay the costs of the war.

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

• Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.

Reparations

• As part of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was ordered to pay fines to the Allies to repay the costs of the war.

• American citizens were lending money to the government to pay for the war.

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

• British passenger liner sunk in 1915 that helped sway American opinion of the war.