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Unlimited submarine Warfare
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1915 German campaign that considered any ship within a certain of radius of the British Isles a legitimate target
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Versailles Treaty
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1919 Treaty that ended WWI
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Woodrow Wilson
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28th President of US: tried to keep US out of WWI - proposed the League of Nations
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Gavrilo Princip
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A Bosnian nationalist that assasinated Francis Ferdinand
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Vigilante
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A citizen who takes the law into their own hands
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U-boat
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A german submarine
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Prepardedness
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Americans with ties to Great Britian urge their country to be ready - to be in a poisition to aid Great Britian if necessary
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"""Freedom of the Seas"""
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An agreement the US made with Germany that the central forces would warn prior to attacking on the seas authorizing
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Triple Entente
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"Anglo-Russian entente of 1907. That agreement created the international group opposing the Triple Alliance?France
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Armistice
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another term for cease-fire
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St. Mihiel salient
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battle marked the first use of the terms 'D-Day' and 'H-Hour' by the Americans - 9/12 to 9/15 1918 -
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Belleau Wood
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Battle that occurred in june6 thru july 1 1918 - America stopped German attacks
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Gallipoli
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Battle to capture Dardanelles to secure a passage way for the Navy on their way to Istanbul - 1915
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Russian Revolution
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"collapse of the czar's government in russia oin 1917
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Somme River
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"Comprising the main Allied attack on the Western Front during 1916
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Food Administration
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Created by the Lever Food and Fuel Control Act (1917) - Manages the production and distribution of food
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Fuel Administration
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Created by the Lever Food and Fuel Control Act (1917) - sponsered gasless days to save fuel - began the practice of daylight savings time
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Rationing
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distribution of goods to consumers in a fixed amount
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Nat'l Security League
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During WWI - intrumental in getting congress to pass a literacy test for immigrants - this test excludes those who cannot read English or any other language.
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Franz Joseph
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Emperoro of Austria during WWI - Wife was assasinated by Italian anarchist
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Kaiser Wilhelm
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Emperoro of Germany during WWI symbol to the United States of German Militarism and severe efficiency
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Enver Pasha
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"Enver Pasha (1881-1922) served in the dual capacity of War Minister and Ottoman commander-in-Chief during World War One
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Zeppelin
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"floating airships
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Zimmermann Note
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Foreign minister Zimmermann asks Mexico to join Germany in exchange for return of southwest U.S. British intercept message
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Chateau - Thierry
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French and American troops block German advance
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Schlieffen Plan
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Germanys plan they developed to avoid fighting both french and russian armies at the same time.
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Verdun
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"greatest and lengthiest battle in world history - 21 February 1916 until 19 December 1916 caused over an estimated 700
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AEF - American Expeditionary Force
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"Group of 3 million soldiers sent to WWI in 1918 made up of SS draft
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lrreconcilables
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Group of Senators that opposed the Versailles Treaty because it committed the US to the league of nations - they would not change their minds
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Convoy
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Group of unarmed ships surrounded by a ring of armed naval vessels
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War Industries Board
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"headed by financier Bernard Baruch
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Bernard Baruch
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Headed the War Industries Board
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Francis Ferdinand
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heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire that was assisinated in Sarajevo - said to have began the great war.
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Central Powers
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In WWI Germany Austria and Hungary
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Allies
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"In WWI Russia
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Propaganda
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Information intended to sway public opinion
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League of Nations
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International organization formed after WWI that aimed to ensure the security and peace for all its members
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"""No mans land"" "
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land between two enemy trenches that neither side wishes to openly move on or take control of due to fear of being attacked by the enemy in the process
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John Pershing
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Leader of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during WWI
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Selective Service Act
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May 1917 - authorizing a draft of young men for military service.
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Lusitania
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"May 7
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Doughboys
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Members of the American Expeditionary Force
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Great Migration
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Migration of english settlers to Massachussets Bay Coloney beginning in the 1630's
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Sussex
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"On March 24
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Georges Clemenceau
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One of the Big Four - Prime Minister of France during WWI
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David Lloyd George
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One of the Big Four - Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWI
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Vittario Orlando
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One of the Big Four - Prime Minister of Italy during WWI
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Genocide
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Organized killing of an entire people
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Espionage Act
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past in 1917 makes it illegal to interfere with the draft.
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Reparations
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payments for economic injury's suffered during the war
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Sussex Pledge
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Pledge by the German government that it's subs would warn ships before attacking.
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Militarism
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policy involved in aggressively building up a nations armed forces in preparation for war and giving the military more authority over the government and foreign policy.
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Fourteen Points
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"President Wilson proposal in 1918 for a postwar European peace - Wilson lists his goals for a war-free world
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Vladimir Lenin
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Revolutionary leader in Russia: established a Communist government in 1917
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Spoils
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rewards gained through Military victory
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Autocrat
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Ruler with unlimited power
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Schenck v U.S.
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"Schenck participated in many antiwar activities in violation of the Espionage Act
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Meuse - Argonne Offensive
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"September 26
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Nat'l War Labor Bd
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setup by Pres Taft in 1918 to resolve any labor disputes that might disrupt the War effort.
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Stalemate
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situation in which neither sidein a conflict is able to gain the advantage
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Liberty Bonds
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Special war bond sold by the government to support the Allied cause during WWI
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Sedition
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speech or action that encourages rebellion
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Price control
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system of pricing determined by the government
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Conscription
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the compulsory enlistment of citizens for military service
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Nicolas ll
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"the last Russian Emperor - leader in WWI - On March 2
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Nat'l Defense Act
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"The National Defense Act of 1916 was signed in by Woodrow Wilson on June 3
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Self-determination
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the power to make a decision about one's future
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Mobilization
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the readying of troops for war
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Sedition Act
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"The Sedition Act made it illegal to obstruct the sale of Liberty Bonds or to discuss anything ""disloyal
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Herbert Hoover
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Thirty first presidt of the US - 1929-33 worked to aid Europeans during WWI - responded ineffectively to 1929 stock market crash and great depression
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Reservationists
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"This group of senators accepted the League of Nations but wanted to impose reservations
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Blockade
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To isolate or close off a place from outside contact.
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Daylight savings time
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Turning the clocks ahead one hour in the summer
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Triple Alliance
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"was a military alliance between Germany
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Big Four
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"Woodrow Wilson of the United States David Lloyd George of Great Britian
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Alexander Stanboiyski
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Henry Garfield
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Salient
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