World War 1 & 2 Vocabulary

Define assassination.

Austria-Hungary and Serbia declared war against each other.

Define declare.

President Wilson's slogans for staying neutral in the war were "America First"

and "He Kept Us Out of the War".

Define slogans.

On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson stated: “The world must be made safe for democracy.”

Define democracy.

WW1 was won by the Allies.

Define Allies.

The Germans invaded Polland.

Define invade.

Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WW2.

Define dictator.

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

Define harbor.

The military didn’t think African Americans were fit for combat.

Define combat.

In Langston Hughes's poem,

"Beaumont to Detroit: 1943", he said, "Until the riots come."

Define riots.