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World War I Terms and Defintions Slide 2 Directions: Fill in the blanks on your notes and draw a picture to represent each definition in the blank space. Slide 3 1. World War One Also known as the GREAT WAR & the War to End all Wars! 1914-1918 Slide 4 2. Militarism When countries compete for bigger & better militaries. Slide 5 3.Alliance System a group of nations working together to achieve a certain goal Slide 6 4.autocracy a government that has unlimited power, absolute control Slide 7 5. Neutrality/Isolationism ***the approach that the U.S. took during the initial years of WW1 Staying out of conflict Slide 8 6.Woodrow Wilson U.S. President that attempted to keep us out of the War. Slide 9 7. Propaganda Spreading information to get others to join a cause. Slide 10 8. Liberty Bond ***A government bond that was sold in the U.S. to support the Allies during WWI. A Bond is when an individual lets the Government borrow money to support a cause. The Gov't always pays the money back plus a little more. Favorite Liberty Bond Slide 11 9. pacifist a person who is opposed to war Slide 12 10.dissent to disagree with the goals/method of a political party or government Slide 13 11. Lusitania British Ship sunk by German U-Boats (Submarines) 200 Americans Killed on the ship! This is what made the U.S. Decide to join the war Slide 14 Slide 15 12. Trench Warfare the WWI strategy that caused soldiers to have to eat, sleep, and die in the miserable ditches Slide 16 Slide 17 13. Armistice Day November 11th, 1918 marked the end of WW1 With the Treaty of Versailles Slide 18 14. Mandate A legal document that transferred the control of one country to another following World War I Slide 19 15. League of Nations the organization set up after WWI to keep peace among nations. Pres. Wilson's Idea-- COULD NOT get the U.S. to join! *Just like the United Nations today! (UN) Slide 20 16. Reparations Payback Germany was forced to pay for everything that went wrong in the war Slide 21