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25 Cards in this Set
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Nationalism
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Pride in one's nation; many small groups in Europe felt this was one cause of WWI
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Nilitarism
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Building up the militery forces to prepare for war, one cause of WWI
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Alliance
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A close association of nations or other groups, formed to advance common interests or causes; alliances are often formed for defense
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Entente
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An understanding between nations
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Propaganda
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The spreading of ideas or beliefs that help a particular cause and hurt an opposing cause by using half turths using famous people
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Autocracy
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A government in which one person has unlimited power
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Convoy
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A group that travels with something, such as a ship to protect it.
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Front
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A region where warfare is taking place
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Armistice
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An agreement to stop fighting, WWI November 12 1918
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Mobilization
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Gathering resources and preparing for war
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Trench warfare
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The type of fighting in WWI in which both sides dug trenches, which were pretected by mines and barbed wire - "no man's land" was in the middle
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Socialist
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A person who believes that industry should be publicly owned by the governement than by private individuals
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Pacifist
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A person opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes
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Espionage
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Another word for spying
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Sabotage
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Secret action by enemy agents or sympathizers to damage a nation's war effort
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Fourteen Points
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Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace after WWI, which included the creation of the League of Nations
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League of Nations
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International organization formed after WWI as part of the Treaty of Versailles to promote world peace. The US Senate refused to all the US to join.
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Reparations
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Payment by the losing country in a war to the winner for the damages caused by the war
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Bolshevik Revolution
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Led by VI Lenin, caused Russia to withdraw from WWI and ultimately become Communist
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Communism
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A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress towards a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people.
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Isolation
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A foreign policy of having little to do with foreign nations - Americans thought this was the best policy in the 1800s and after WWI
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Self Determination
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The right of national groups to own their own territories and have their own forms of government withou interference and control by stronger nations
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Use of Submarines and Airplanes in WWI
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These weapons were new and the technology was tested, perfected and deadly
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US Foreign Policy after WWI
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1. Senate voted not to accept the Versailles Treaty. 2. US not in the League of Nations. 3. Many Americans feared communism. 4. wanted to remain isolationist
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Outcome of the Treaty of Versailles
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1. Germany takes full blame for the war. 2. Germany had to disarm completely. 3. Germany had to pay huge reparations. 4. Germany lost its colonies.
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