Shared Flashcard Set

Details

world war 1
crossword puzzles
21
History
9th Grade
05/16/2013

Additional History Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Armistice
Definition
A decision to stop fighting at least for a while.
Term
Wood Row Wilson
Definition
the 28th President of the U.S. from 1913-1921.
Term
Herber Thoover
Definition
President at the beginning of the Great Depression.
Term
Fascism
Definition
An extreme form of nationalism that played on fears of communism and rejected individual freedom, liberal individualism, democracy,and limitations on the state.
Term
Nationalism
Definition
The doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other.
Term
Fourteen points
Definition
President wooddrow Wilson's goals for peace after WW1.
Term
Appeasement
Definition
To preserve peace by meeting the demands of an aggressor.
Term
Franz Ferdinand
Definition
the Archduke of Austria who was assassinated, thus beginning WW1.
Term
Imperialism
Definition
A policy of extending your rule over foreign countries.
Term
dollar Diplomacy
Definition
under the Progressive President William Howard Taft.Taft encouraged bankers and businesses to invest money in Latin America with the aim of maintaining stability in the region.
Term
dictator
Definition
A person who behaves in an tyrannical manner.
Term
U-boats
Definition
German submarines were called this.
Term
Tench warfare
Definition
opposing armies fighting from behind fixed fortifications.
Term
Zimmermantelegram
Definition
a messenger sent in 1917 by the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico proposing a German Mexican alliance and promising to help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona if the USA entered WW1.
Term
Communism
Definition
old system of government in the soviet union and Eastern Europe.
Term
central Powers
Definition
Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire were known as this during WW1.
Term
Treaty OF sallies
Definition
Ended WW1, required Germany to pay billions of dollars, established the League of nations, U.S. never signed it.
Term
Axis
Definition
A group of countries in special alliance.
Term
Kasier
Definition
the German word for emperor.
Term
world War 1
Definition
this war encompassed most of the industrialized nations of the world from 1914-1918.
Term
Allies
Definition
The alliance of England, France, US and other countries during World War 1 fighting against the central powers.
Supporting users have an ad free experience!