Tucker Muse

Period 2

January 28, 2004

 

Ch. 27

militarism –Militarism is the pursuit of military of military ideas.  Also it is considered a strong influence of military on government.

ultimatum – An ultimatum is to taunt/ challenge someone or something. An ultimatum presented by Austria to Serbia on July 23, 1914, was the immediate cause of World War one.

mobilize – to mobilize is to organize people or resources to be ready for action especially for military action.

neutrality – When you are not with anyone yet against anyone, this usually happens is wars. For the US to stay neutral in the 1930’s they made the neutral act which made them not ship resources to Europe to avoid the war.

total war – everything and everyone with all elements being added going to war.

Propaganda – propaganda is information put out by the government usually to promote policy, ideas, or a doctrine. During WWI Germans Paul Joseph Goebbels from 1897-1945 was apart of the German National Socialist propagandist

atrocity – this is knowen usually as a shockingly cruel act.

armistice – is another word used for a truce.

reparations – a reparation is when is a compensation for a wrong. This occurred in WWI.

mandate – Mandate is a temporary treaty made between two countries for a short period of time. France and Germany both ended up doing this during WWI

Edith Cavell – she was a nurse during world war one. In 1915 she was arrested by German occupation authorities and pleaded guilty to a charge of harboring and aiding Allied prisoners and assisting soldiers across the Dutch frontier

Georges Clemenceau – Georges was a French political figure. His republican views got him in trouble with the government of Napoleon 3

Alfred Nobel – He was creator of dynamite. He was ashamed for creating something so destructive he created the Nobel peace prize.

Gavrillo Princip- He was the king of Bosnia and led from the capital Sarajevo. Often times he fighting people to keep his land and oil.

Sarajevo –is a city that is the capital of Bosnia. An important industrial railway center it grew tobacco and made furniture as well.

Woodrow Wilson- he is the 28^th president of the United States. He graduated from Princeton in 1879 while practicing law

(Wilson's Fourteen Points Points) – The four points were the formulation of a peace program. He used these 4 points to create peace after WWI.

Francis Ferdinand – In 1863 to 1914 is when Francis Ferinanad lived. He was the uncle of Empror Frances Joseph.

Kaiser William II – He was the emperor of Germany and the king of Prussia. He lived from 1859-1941.

Bertha Von Sutner – She was a German lady who fought in WW1.

Triple Alliance- this alliance was made up of England, Sweden, and the Netherlands. They created the alliance to fight off France.

Ottoman Empire – It came around during the 13^th Century. They ruled from Turkish decent until 1918.

trench warfare – trench war far was when trenches were used as a bunker to give you a safer and better position on the opposing force. This was quite helpful to who used it.

machine gun (role it played in WWI) – It was an effective gun by allowing units to lay down heavy cover fire with this wepon. Also mobile enough to bring into battle.

airplane (role it played in WWI) – Although not used for fighting it would transfer troops. This for the first time allowed troops to get to a place imidietly.

role of women in WWI- They were helpful by usually being a nurse. However this is basically all they would do.

Nationalism (ie. tension between France and Germany)- Both felt superior and better than the other countries. With France and Germany so close this cuased tension between them.

Paris Peace Conference- the Treaty of Vesailles was a treaty. It brought an end to the Franco-Prussian War.

American neutrality- America stayed out of the war not being on one side any more than the other. This made them quite neutral.

Black Hand – A symbol for being in a terrorist society. It was mostly about murdering Italians, and sending them death threats.

Treaty of Versailles- the Treaty of Versailles was a treaty. It brought an end to the Franco-Prussian War.

self determination – to be determined to something or take action by yourself.

Shleiffen Plan – He was the inventor of the U-boat. He probably created the most useful destructive weapons in the century

U boat – A German submarine very effective in sinking ships in both WWI and WWII. Until the allies came up with the “convoy” idea.

Lusitania – it was a liner under the registration of Britain. It was sunk by a German u-boat in 1915.

armistice - is another word used for a truce.

mandate- Mandate is a temporary treaty made between two countries for a short period of time. France and Germany both ended up doing this during WWI

war reparations – When you get paid for serving time in the war. The government used it to thank the troops for what they had done.

western front – At this time it was the largest war ever seen. This was one of the fronts the Germans ended up fighting.

eastern front – Also another front in WWI. The Germans once again had to fend them off making this a two front fought war.

Verdun – A huge battle fought in WWI with over 2 million men fighting in this battle. Both sides lost over 300,000 men.

Battle of Marne – Another battle fought in WWI. It was the first time the Germans had advanced on Paris and had been hualted.