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26 Cards in this Set
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Emperor of Germany
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Triple Entente
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Military agreement among Britain, France and Russia
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propaganda
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one-sided information designed to persuade
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nationalism
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feeling of attachment to one's own nation
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Schlieffen Plan
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Germany's plan for winning the war on two fronts
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Allies
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Great Britain, France, Russia and other nations who fought on their side
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Treaty of Versailles
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agreement at the end of World War I between Germany and the Allied Powers
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trenches
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long, deep holes in the ground dug for protection from enemy fire
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Central Powers
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Germany, Austria-Hungary; and other nations who fought on their side
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armistice
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agreement to stop fighting
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trench warfare
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fighting from trenches dug in the battlefield
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Western Front
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region of northern France where much fighting took place
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Woodrow Wilson
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President who proposed the Fourteen Points and represented the United States at Versailles
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Georges Clemenceau
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France's premier and delegate at Versailles
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Eastern Front
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Region along German-Russian border where much fighting took place
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David Lloyd George
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Britain's prime minister and delegate at Versailles
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League of Nations
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International group with the goal of keeping peace among nations
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Fourteen Points
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plan for a just and lasting peace
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unrestricted submarine warfare
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using submarines to sink any ship without warning
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artillery
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large guns, cannons
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total war
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war in which countries use all their resources for the war
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self-determination
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allowing people to decide for themselves about what kind of government they want
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militarism
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glorifying war and preparing for it
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Triple Alliance
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Military agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
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rationing
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control of the amounts and kinds of goods people can have
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czar
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ruler of Russia
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