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21 Cards in this Set
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militarism |
Glorifying war and preparing for it |
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Triple Alliance |
Military agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy |
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Kaiser Wilhelm II |
Emperor of Germany |
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Triple Entente |
Military agreement among Britain, France, and Russia |
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Schlieffen Plan |
Germany’s plan for winning the war on two fronts |
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Allies |
Great Britain, France, Russia, and other nations who fought on their side |
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Central Powers |
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and other nations who fought on their side |
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trench warfare |
Fighting from trenches dug in the battlefield |
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Western Front |
Region of northern France where much fighting took place |
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Eastern Front |
Region along German-Russian border where much fighting took place |
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unrestricted submarine warfare |
Using submarines to sink any ship without warning |
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total war |
War in which countries use all their resources for the war |
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rationing |
Control of the amounts and kinds of goods people can have |
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propaganda |
One-sided information designed to persuade |
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armistice |
Agreement to stop fighting |
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Woodrow Wilson |
President who proposed the Fourteen Points and represented theUnited States at Versailles |
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Georges Clemenceau |
France’s premier and delegate at Versailles |
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Fourteen Points |
Plan for a just and lasting peace |
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self-determination |
Allowing people to decide for themselves about what kind ofgovernment they want |
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Treaty of Versailles |
Agreement at the end of World War I between Germany and theAllied Powers |
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League of Nations |
International group with the goal of keeping peace among nations |
