World War I Vocabulary

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A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. This was a major cause for US entry into WWI.

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Lusitania

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A 1917 diplomatic proposal from the German Empire for Mexico to join in an alliance with Germany.

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Zimmerman's Telegram

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Commander of the American Expeditionary Force of over one million US troops who insisted that soldiers fight as independent units.

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John J. Pershing

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A nickname for the inexperienced but fresh American soldiers during WWI.

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doughboys

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He commanded the 59th Brigade of the 30th during WWI. He was from Knoxville, TN.

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Lawrence Tyson

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Who killed 25 machine-gunners and captured 132 German soldiers, winning the Congressional Medal of Freedom?

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Alvin York

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Alliance between Great Britain (England), Soviet Union, France, and the US during World War I and II.

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Allied Powers

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In World War I, the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire who joined in opposing the allies.

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Central Powers

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A treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I

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Treaty of Versailles

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Known as World War I and the War to End All Wars: a global military conflict that embroiled most of the world's great powers from 1914 to 1919.

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The Great War