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true or false?
the only major allied nation that lost land after world war I was Russia |
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after the war, the Ottoman turks lost their former empire, retaining only what is today the country of lebanon |
False
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Woodrow Wilson proposed the general association of nations that would later become the league of nations |
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the right of nations to self-determination was a guiding principal of the treaty of versailles |
false
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Great Britain was represent at the Paris peace conference by
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david Lloyd
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which countries made up Europe great powers
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great Britain, france, Germany, austria-hungary, Russia, and italy
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why did Bismarck seek alliances that later became the triple alliance
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to isolate France
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why did Italy refuse to support its ally Germany
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it accused Germany of starting the war
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What did the central powers gain over Russia at the battle near tannenberg
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Germany drove the russians into full retreat
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a goal of the allies gallipoli campaign
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to establish a supply line to russia
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what did the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare refer to
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Germany policy to sink any ship in british waters without warning
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what happened after the americans joined the war
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the bulgarians and ottoman turks surrendered
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how did the treaty of Versailles affect postwar Germany
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it left a legacy of bitterness and hatred in the hearts of the German people
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American public opinion about joining the league of nations
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it believe the u.s. should stay out of European affairs
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what impact did the war have on the economy of europe
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it drained the treasuries of Europe
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what newly independent country emergerd on the former eastern front
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Poland
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what new state was created between france and Germany
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Saar
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which of the following allies gained territory
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Italy
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what happened to montenergo and Serbia
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became part of Yugoslavia
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which country was most similar to russia in the number of battlefields deaths
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Germany
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what major central power lost the most troops
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Germany
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policy of glorifying power and keeping an army prepared for war
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mititarism
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which nations heir to the throne was assassinated in 1914 by Serbian nationalist
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austria-hungary
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world war 1 was a total war in the sense that
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the nations involved devoted all their resources to it
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what region referred to as the powder keg of europe
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the balkan peninsula
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which nation greatly regretted its loss of alsace-lorraine to Germany in 1870
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France
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one of the main causes of the war, imperialism involved
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acquiring uncolonized areas of the world
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much of europe was drawn into the war because of
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a network of alliances
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because generals were not used to the killing power of modern weapons they
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kept giving orders to attack
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to be successful ,submarines had to
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surprise the ships they attacked
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German subs aimed to attack ships that were carrying
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weapons to the allies
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the u.s. broke off diplomatic relations with Germany when
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Germany violated the sussex pledge
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the convoy system instituted in may 1917
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cut merchant marine losses greatly
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Russia's exit from the war
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increased the pressure on the allies
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at chateau thierry American marines
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helped save Paris by stopping the German advance
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under the terms of the peace treaty, Germany had to
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pay reparations to the allies
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he developed bomb carrying planes
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billy Mitchell
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he shot down 26 enemy planes
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Eddie Rickerbacker
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he led the American forces at the battle of chateau-theierry
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james harbord
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captured 132 enemy soldiers and killed 25 more
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Alvin York
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commander of the American expeditionary forces
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blackjack pershing
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offered mexico the southwest u.s.
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Zimmerman note
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agreed to warm ships before submarines attacked
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sussex pledge
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group of ships used for protection from subs
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convoy
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uncivilized weapon
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u-boat
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tactic where senators refuse to stop talking
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filibuster
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deep devotion to one's nation
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nationalism
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both tried to dominate in the balkans,a region in southeast Europe
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Russia and Austria-Hungary
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within the Balkans
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Serbs, Bulgarian, Romanians
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increasing rivarly among European nations stemmed from several sources
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competition for materials and market. territorial disputes
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prussia chancellor
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otto von bismarck
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bismarck saw this as the greatest threat to peace
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France
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Bismarck's first goal
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isolate France
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Bismarck formed the alliance between Germany and Austria - Hungary and later Italy called
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triple alliance
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triple alliance
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a military alliance between Germany Austria -Hungary and Italy
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bismarck took yet another possible ally away from France by making a treaty with
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Russia
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ruler of Germany who forced Bismarck to resign
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Kaiser wilhelm II
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Wilhelm in 1890 let the
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treaty with Russia lapse
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how did russia respond to Wilhelm letting his nations treaty with Russia lapse?
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forming a alliance with France
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a military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia
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triple entente
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those who succeeded in breaking away from their Turkish rulers formed new nations of
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Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro,Romania, and Serbia
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Serbia had a large population of
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slavs
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serbia hoped to
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absorb all the slavs on the Balkan peninsula
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Russia a slavic nation supported
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Serbian nationalism
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opposed Serbian nationalism
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Austria-Hungary
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in 1908 Austria took over
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Bosnia and Herzegovina were areas with large
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slavic population
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place where archduke franz Ferdinand was assisnated
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sarajevo, capital of Bosnia
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killer of franz Ferdinand
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gavrilo princip
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gavrilo princip a 19 year old Serbian was a member of
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the black hand
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the black hand was a
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secret society committed to riding Bosnia of Austrian rule
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because the assassin was a Serbian Austria decided to
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use the murders as an excuse to punish Serbia
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how did austria punish Serbia
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presented Serbia with an ultimatum containing numerous demands
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what was Austria respond to Serbia agreeing to most demands but have several others settled by an international conference
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Austria was in no mood to negotiate and on july 28 Austria rejected Serbia offers and declare war
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russia an ally of Serbia in response to Austria declaring war
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mobilization of troops toward the Austrian border
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the german government declared war on Russia because
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Russia, Serbia ally began moving its army toward the Russian -Austrian border. expecting Germany to join Austria Russia also mobolized along the German border
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central powers
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and later Ottoman empire and Bulgaria
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Allies
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Great Britain, France, and Russia. Japan and Italy joined later
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the region of northern France where the forces of the allies and the central powers battle each other
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western front
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Germany developed a battle strategy known as the schlieffen plan which
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called for attacking and defeating France in the west and rushing east to fight Russia
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after german forces had swept into france and reached the outskirts of paris on September 5 the allies
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regrouped and attacked the German northeast of Paris, in the valley og marne
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single most important event of the war
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first battle of marne
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opposing armies dug miles of parallel trenches on the
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western front
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gas introduced by
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Germans
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introduced by the British in 1916 at the battle of the somme
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tank
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stretch of battlefield along the German and Russian border
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eastern front
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here Russians and serbs battled Germans and austro-hungarians
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eastern front
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the war in the east was more
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mobile
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a promising strategy for the allies seemed to be to
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attack a region in the ottoman empire known as the Dardanelles
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Dardanelles is
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narrow sea strait that was a gateway to the Ottoman capital
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ending of the gallipoli campaign?
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allies gave up the campaign and began to evacuate
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a german submarine had sunk
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British passenger ship Lusitania
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a conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort
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total war
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the limiting of the amounts of goods people can buy often imposed by government during wartime when goods are in short supply
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rationing
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information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponents cause
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propaganda
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Germany and Russia signed the
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treaty of brest-litovsk
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in july 1918 the allies and germans clashed at
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the second battle of the Marne
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an agreement to stop fighting
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armistice
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big four consistedd of
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woodrow wilson of the u.s. david Lloyd George of great britain, georges Clemenceau of France, and vittorio Orlando of Italy
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outlined a plan for achieving a just a lasting peace
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fourteen points
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first four points of fourteen points included
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an end to secret treaties, freedom of seas, free trade, and reduced national armies and navies
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