Ch. 21 World War I

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Franz Ferdinand

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The heir to the Astro-Hungarian throne, was shot and killed while visiting Sarajevo in Bosnia.

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Gavrilo Princip

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Serbian nationalist who killed the archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife.

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Allie Powers

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Britain, France, Russa, and eventually Italy.

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Central Powers

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman empire, and Bulgaria.

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First Battle of the Marne

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Battle where Central powers tried to invade France, but the Allies pushed German lines back some 40 miles.

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No-man's land

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A separating barrier that was a thin strip of bombed-out territory strewn with barbed wire and land mines.

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Trench warfare

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A new type of fighting that used trenches.

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Battle of the Somme

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British forces suffered some 60,000 casualties in a single day. This battle lasted four months long and left more than 1 million dead and wounded.

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Manfred von Richthofen

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The most successful German Baron, known as the "Red Baron."

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Edward Rickenbacker

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Top American ace who made 26 kills.

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Sussex Pledge

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A renewal of an earlier promise not to sink liners without warning or without ensuring the passengers' safety.

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Robert Lansing

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Encouraged the trade of war materials with the Allies.

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National Defense Act

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Passed by Congress in June of 1916, it increased the number of soldiers in the regular army from some 90,000 to about 175,000.

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Zimmerman Note

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A cable that proposed a Mexican alliance with Germany.

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Jeanette Rankin

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Rep. of Montana who was among the opposition of war.

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Selective Service Act

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Required men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register with local draft boards.

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John J. Pershing

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General who commanded the first troops into France in late June of 1917.

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Convoy system

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Merchant vessels that transported troops, supplies, and volunteers through the submarine-infested North Atlantic.

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William McAdoo

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Secretary of the treasury and Wilson's son-in-law.

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Food administration

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Among the most successful of the federal war boards, who was charged with regulating the production and supply of these essential resources.

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Herbert Hoover

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Was chosen by Wilson to direct the food administration. He was a prosperous mining engineer who had managed a food-relief campaign for war-stricken Belgium.

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War Industries Board

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The government's central war agency.

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Bernard Baruch

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Director of the WIB who had overall responsibility for allocating scarce materials, establishing production priorities, and setting prices.

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National War Labor Board

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Composed of reps from business and labor, it arbitrated disputes between workers and employees.

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Harriot Stanton Blatch

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Daughter of suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton who headed the Food Admin's Speaker's Bureau.

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Juliette Gordon Low

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An active American volunteer.

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Great Migration

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Huge population shift of African Americans from the South to northern cities between 1915 and 1930.

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Committee on Public Info

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Headed by George Creel, it led a propaganda campaign to encourage the American people to support the war.

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Espionage Act

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An act created to silence opponents of the war.

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Sedition Act

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With the Espionage Act, it outlawed acts of treason and made it a crime to write false/abusive language about the govt., flag, or military.

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Bolsheviks

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A group of radical Russian socialists.

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Battle of the Argonne Forest

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Where Americans suffered some 120,000 casualties.

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Fourteen Points

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A program developed by Wilson for world peace.

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League of nations

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The heart of the trade program.

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Big Four

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Wilson, British prime minister, David Lloyd George, French premier Georges Clemenceau, and Italian prime minister Vittorio Orlando.

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David Lloyd George

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British prime minister, part of Big Four.

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Georges Clemenceau

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French premier, part of Big Four.

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Vittorio Orlando

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Italian prime minister, part of Big Four.

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Reparations

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Payments.

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Treaty of Versailles

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Took place outside of Paris, June 28, 1919. It ended the war.

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Henry Cabot Lodge

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Head of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and Wilson's longtime enemy. He led the reservationists.

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Militarism

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The glorification of military strength.