World War I Vocabulary

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

Fourteen Points

• A statement of principles by President Wilson that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I

• The agreement that ended World War I

• Statement that blamed Germany for the events of World War I, forcing them to give up land and pay reparations for its damages

• The first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace

Great Migration

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

• Government agency created to influence public opinion to support the US in World War I

• The movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern US to the cities in the north

• The law which prohibited many forms of speech, including "any disloyal...or abusive language about the...government of the US"

Schenck v. United States

• Supreme Court case which limited free speech in times of war

• Supreme Court case which established the doctrine of "separate but equal"

• Supreme Court case which allowed for the internment of Japanese Americans during the war

• Supreme Court case which began the process of desegregating schools in the US

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

The Treaty of Versailles

• A statement of principles by President Wilson that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I

• The agreement that ended World War I

• Statement that blamed Germany for the events of World War I, forcing them to give up land and pay reparations for its damages

• The first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace

Espionage & Sedition Acts

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

• Government agency created to influence public opinion to support the US in World War I

• The movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern US to the cities in the north

• Laws which prohibited many forms of speech, including "any disloyal...or abusive language about the...government of the US"

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

War-Guilt Clause

• A statement of principles by President Wilson that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I

• The agreement that ended World War I

• Statement that blamed Germany for the events of World War I, forcing them to give up land and pay reparations for its damages

• The first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace