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| Patriotic feeling,principles, or efforts. |
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| A person who uses terrorism in the pursuit of political aims. |
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| Germany and its allies (Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire) in World War I. |
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| A position counting as a draw, in which a player is not in check but cannot move except into check. |
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| The belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests. |
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| the German emperor, the emperor of Austria, or the head of the Holy Roman Empire. |
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| Allied powers also known as Allies refers to those countries which formed an alliance in opposition to the Central or Axis Powers in World War I. |
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| Information, esp. of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. |
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| RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner, holder of the Blue Riband and briefly the world's biggest ship. She was launched by the Cunard Line in 1907, at a time of fierce competition for the North Atlantic trade. In 1915 she was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat, causing the deaths of 1,198 passengers and crew. |
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| a sovereign or political leader or activist who encourages or advocates aggression or warfare toward other nations or groups. |
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| compulsory recruitment for military service. |
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| a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives. |
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| a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable. |
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| a Liberty Bond was a war bond that was sold in the United States to support the allied cause in World War I. Subscribing to the bonds became a symbol of patriotic duty in the United States and introduced the idea of financial securities to many citizens for the first time. |
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| The Zimmerman Telegram (or Zimmerman Note)was a 1917 diplomatic proposal from the German Empire for Mexico to join the Central Powers, in the event of the United States entering World War I on the side of the Entente Powers. |
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| The Selective Service Act or Selective Draft Act (Pub.L.65-12, 40 Stat. 76, enacted May 18, 1917)authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through conscription. |
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| a person who advocates or practices socialism. |
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| The Treaty of Litovsk was a peace treaty on March 3, 1918, between the new Bolshevik government of Russia (the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey), which ended Russia's participation in World War I. |
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| The 369th Infantry Regiment, formerly known as the 15th New York National Guard Regiment, was an infantry regiment of the United States Army that saw action in World War I and World War II. |
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| Battle of Belleau Wood. The Battle of Belleau Wood(1-26 June 1918) occurred during the German 1918 Spring Offensive in World War I, near the Marne River in France. |
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| Battle of the Argonne Forest |
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| the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, also known as the Maas-Argonne Offensive and the Battle of the Argonne Forest, was a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice on November 11, a total of 47 days. |
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| an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce. |
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| (of a monarch) renounce one's throne. |
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| a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. |
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| The "Fourteen Points" was a statement given on the 8th of January, 1918 by United States President Woodrow Wilson declaring that World War I was being fought for a moral cause and calling for postwar peace in Europe. |
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| the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government. |
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| The league of Nations(abbreviated as LN in English, "Society des Nations" abbreviated as SDN in French) was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. |
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| The Big Four refers to the top Allied leaders who met at the Paris Peace Conference in January 1919 following the end of World War I(1914-18). |
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| the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged. |
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| the Treaty of Versailles(French: Traite de Versailles) was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. |
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| a policy of nonparticipation in or withdrawal from international affairs. |
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