WW1 Vocabulary

Serbia, Russia France, Great Britain, Italy, several others

U.S.A, Russia, Germany, Italy, Austria, Serbia

Austria, Hungary, Germany, Ottoman empire,Bulgaria

Indiana, Portugal, Indonesia, Spain, France, Washington D.C

an end to fighting

illegal to criticize war

heavy fines and long prison time

refusing to take sides

an end to fighting

refusing to take sides

in contact with the enemy

a heavily guarded group of destroyers.

forced Germany to accept blame for the war

illegal to criticize war

a heavily guarded group of destroyers escorted by merchant ships

called for smaller military and no more secret treaties

Propaganda is opinions expressed for the purpose of influencing the actions of others.

The Espionage Act is a law that set heavy fines and long jail time for anti-war activites.

The Sedition Act was a law that made it illegal to criticize the war.

Wilson's Fourteen Points speech was a proposal for peace after World War I, wanting smaller military, and freedom of the sea

The Treaty of Versailles was a treaty that made Germany accept the blame for the war.

Reparations are money that a defeated nation has to pay for the destruction caused in a war.