https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2 en-us 2022-10-26 21:16:16 UTC 2025-12-22 22:35:35 UTC hello@padlet.com 23esantaloci https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358009641 Nationalism is an intense form of patriotism or loyalty to one's country. Nationalists exaggerate the importance or virtues of their home country, placing its interests above those of other nations.]]> 2022-10-26 21:28:27 UTC https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358009641 23esantaloci https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358011446 Militarism denoted a rise in military expenditure, an increase in military and naval forces, more influence of the military men upon the policies of the civilian government, and a preference for force as a solution to problems. Militarism was one of the main causes of the First World War.]]> 2022-10-26 21:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358011446 23esantaloci https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358012575 a person, group, or nation that is associated with another or others for some common cause or purpose: Canada and the United States were allies in World War II.]]> 2022-10-26 21:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358012575 23esantaloci https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358015017 he Allies described the wartime military alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire as the 'Central Powers'. ]]> 2022-10-26 21:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358015017 23esantaloci https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358016265 Heir apparent to the thrones of Austria and Hungary whose assassination precipitated the outbreak of World War I]]> 2022-10-26 21:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358016265 23esantaloci https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358016986 The narrow, muddy, treeless stretch of land, characterized by numerous shell holes, that separated German and Allied trenches during the First World War.]]> 2022-10-26 21:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358016986 23esantaloci https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358018860 Trench warfare is a type of combat in which the opposing sides attack, counterattack, and defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground.]]> 2022-10-26 21:40:27 UTC https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358018860 23esantaloci https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358022279 A German U-boat torpedoed the British-owned steamship Lusitania, killing 1,195 people including 128 Americans, on May 7, 1915. The disaster set off a chain of events that led to the U.S. entering World War I. ]]> 2022-10-26 21:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358022279 23esantaloci https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358023465 The Zimmerman Telegram was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany.]]> 2022-10-26 21:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358023465 23esantaloci https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358024360 Was an American fighter pilot in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient. With 26 aerial victories, he was the most successful and most decorated United States flying ace of the war.

]]> 2022-10-26 21:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358024360 23esantaloci https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358026277 Congress passed the Selective Service Act, which Wilson signed into law on May 18, 1917. The act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service.]]> 2022-10-26 21:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358026277 23esantaloci https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358027901 A group of ships sailing together for protection, was designed to help protect cargo in passenger ships during the First and Second World War. The system was created out of desperation. ]]> 2022-10-26 21:52:48 UTC https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358027901 23esantaloci https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358028923 Commanded by General John Pershing, were the armed forces that the United States sent to Europe during World War I. Because the American troops needed training, very few made it over to Europe before 1918.]]> 2022-10-26 21:54:02 UTC https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358028923 23esantaloci https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358029866 was a senior United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front during World War I, from 1917 to 1918.]]> 2022-10-26 21:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358029866 23esantaloci https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358030771 United States Corporal Alvin C. York reportedly kills over 20 German soldiers and captures an additional 132 at the head of a small detachment in the Argonne Forest near the Meuse River in France. The exploits later earned York the Medal of Honor.]]> 2022-10-26 21:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358030771 23esantaloci https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358032146 Around 16,000 men refused to take up arms or fight during the First World War for any number of religious, moral, ethical or political reasons. They were known as conscientious objectors.]]> 2022-10-26 21:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358032146 23esantaloci https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358032751 An agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.]]> 2022-10-26 21:59:47 UTC https://padlet.com/23esantaloci/njw04r1y7601zhn2/wish/2358032751