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Allies
Allies were also known as the Triple Entente. It included France, Britain, and Russia. The triple alliance consisted of Germany Austria-Hungary, and Italy. -
Central Powers
These powers were the countries of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. -
1914 Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This occurred as he drove through the city of Sarajevo. A man named Gavrilo Princip shot Archduke Ferdinand and he was part of a organization called the Black Hand. -
Schlieffen Plan
This strategy called for a holding action against Russia and quick drive through Belgium to Paris. -
Battle of the Somme
The British suffered over 60,000 on the first day of this battle. Final casualties counted over 1.2 million people. -
Sinking of British liner Lusitania
This occurred off the southern coast of Ireland by a U boat. 1,198 people died and out of those numbers 128 Americans died. -
Sinking of British liner Arabic
President Wilson ruled out a military response in favor of a sharp protest to Germany. Three months later, in August 1915, a U-boat
sank another British liner, the Arabic, drowning two Americans. -
Zimmermann note
A telegram from the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico that was intercepted by British agents. -
Convoy System
This was a process in which a heavy guard of destroyers escorted merchant ships back and forth across the Atlantic in groups. -
Second Battle of the Marne
The last major German offensive on the Western Front during the First World War. -
Selective Service Act of 1917
The act required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service. -
Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies
On November 3, 1918, AustriaHungary surrendered to the Allies. That same day, German sailors mutinied against government authority -
Establishment of the German Republic
Everywhere in Germany, groups of soldiers and workers organized revolutionary councils. On November 9, socialist leaders in the capital, Berlin, established a German republic. -
Cease-fire and armistice
Germany agreed to a cease-fire and signed the armistice, or truce,
that ended the war. -
War Industries Board
The board encouraged companies to use mass-production techniques to increase efficiency. It was under the leadership of Bernard M. Baruch -
National War Labor Board
This was established to deal with the disputes between management and labor. -
Food Administration
This was established by Wilson and it was one day out of the week without meat, sugar, two days without wheat, and two days without pork. -
Committee on Public Information
This was the nation's first propaganda agency and it was meant to popularize the war. -
Espionage and Sedition Acts
This stated that a person could be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced to 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort. -
Sinking of French passenger liner Sussex
In March 1916 Germany broke its promise and torpedoed an unarmed French passenger steamer, the Sussex. The Sussex sank, and about 80 passengers, including Americans, were killed or injured.
