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Section1:WorldWar1Begins,pgs372380
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Nationalism:
Adevotiontotheinterestandcultureofonesnation.(pg373)
TheAmericans
Militarism:
Thepolicyofbuildinguparmedforcesinaggressivepreparednessforwar
andtheiruseasatoolofdiplomacy.(pg373)
TheAmericans
Allies:
Serbia,Russia,France,Britain,Japan,Italy,andtheUnitedStates
CentralPowers:
AustriaHungary,Germany,OttomanEmpire,andBulgaria
ArchdukeFranzFerdinand:
(18December186328June1914)wasanArchdukeof
AustriaEste,AustroHungarianandRoyalPrinceofHungaryandofBohemia,andfrom
1896untilhisdeath,heirpresumptivetotheAustroHungarianthrone.
HisassassinationinSarajevoprecipitatedAustriaHungary'sdeclarationofwaragainst
Serbia.ThiscausedtheCentralPowers(includingGermanyandAustriaHungary)and
Serbia'salliestodeclarewaroneachother,startingWorldWarI.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_Austria
NoMansLand:
Thestretchoflandbetweenthefrontlinetrencheswasdangerous.No
Man'sLandcontainedmilesofbarbedwire,hundredsofcorpses,andlandmines.
Sometimesasnarrowas15yardsoraswideasseveralhundredyards,NoMan'sLand
washeavilyguardedbymachinegunandsniperfire.SoldierswereforcedtocrossNo
Man'sLandtoadvanceorscoutforenemypositions.Officialtruceswereoften
necessarytoretrievethewoundedorburythedead.
https://www.nysm.nysed.gov/citizensoldier/conflicts/WWI/nml.cfm
TrenchWarfare:
Combatinwhicheachsideoccupiesasystemofprotectivetrenches.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/trenchwarfare
Lusitania:
ABritishpassengershipthatwassunkbyaGermanUboat.(pg378)
TheAmericans
ZimmermanNote:
MosthistoriansagreethatAmericaninvolvementinWorldWarI
wasinevitablebyearly1917,butthemarchtowarwasnodoubtacceleratedbya
notoriousletterpennedbyGermanforeignsecretaryArthurZimmermann.OnJanuary
16,1917,BritishcodebreakersinterceptedanencryptedmessagefromZimmermann
intendedforHeinrichvonEckardt,theGermanambassadortoMexico.Themissive
gavetheambassadoranowfamoussetofinstructions:iftheneutralUnitedStates
enteredthewaronthesideoftheAllies,VonEckardtwastoapproachMexicos
presidentwithanoffertoforgeasecretwartimealliance.TheGermanswouldprovide
militaryandfinancialsupportforaMexicanattackontheUnitedStates,andin
exchangeMexicowouldbefreetoannexlostterritoryinTexas,NewMexicoand
Arizona.Inaddition,VonEckardtwastoldtousetheMexicansasagobetweento
enticetheJapaneseEmpiretojointheGermancause.
http://www.history.com/news/askhistory/whatwasthezimmermanntelegram