World War I and Great Depression: Sheri Martin
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Allied Powers
Alliance that included Great Britain, France, Russia (later, the Soviet Union), the United States, and other countries
during World Wars I and II.
Arch Duke
Franz
Ferdinand
Assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrillo Princip in Sarajevo, triggers start of World War I
Central
Powers
A military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.
FDR
32nd President of the United States, Roosevelt, the President of the United States during the Depression and WWII. He
instituted the New Deal. Served from 1933 to 1945, he was the only president in U.S. history to be elected to four terms
Fourteen
Points
A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World
War I
Great
Depression
1929 stock market crash; people had no jobs, money, food, etc.
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Inflation
A continuous rise in the price of goods and services
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Lusitania
A British ocean liner whose sinking by a German U-boat caused American public opinion to swing against Germany.
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Mandate
A country placed under the control of another power by international agreement.
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neutrality
A refusal to take part in a war between other nations
Paris Peace
Conference
The peace conference that decided the terms of WWI peace and Treaty of Versailles.
Propaganda
Ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion.
Schlieffen
Plan
Germany's military plan at the outbreak of World War I, according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France
and then move east to attack Russia.
Stalemate
A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
Treaty of
Versailles
Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.
U-boat
German submarines used in World War I
Woodrow
Wilson
28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership. Negotiating the Treaty of Versailles, and
proposed Fourteen Points, League of Nations
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