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34 Cards in this Set
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Triple Entente (Allies)
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France, Britain, Russia
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Triple Alliance (Central powers)
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Germany, Austro-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
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powder keg of europe
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balkans
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the spark
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june 1914, archduke franz ferdinand, heir to Austrian throne, visited Sarajevo,Bosnia. Gavrillo Princip, a serbian nationalists, assassinates him and his wife
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trench warfare
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-scale of slaughter horrific, not much ground exchange, trench mouth, trench foot
-front line, support, reserve trenches -dug outs, no man's land -all major battles taking place in france |
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divided loyalties
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some felt war was about imperialists
US show an ex. of peace most just didnt want to send their men to fight a war 3,000 miles away |
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*see notes for more on divided loyalties
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immigrants still had ties to original country
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trade
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increase Great Br, decrease Ger. 1915
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Britain used naval strength to blockade ___ sea
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north
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German U-Boat response
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blockades the atlantic, and any ship going to britain would be sunk
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Lusitania
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1915 sunk by Ger. U-boats
1,198 people died, 128 were Americans Germans defend it saying it was carrying ammunition |
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most important thing (result) out of Lusitania
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Public opinion turns against Germany
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*see notes..
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president wilson
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zimmerman note
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a message sent in 1917 by the ger. foreign minister to the ger. ambassador in mexico, proposing a german-mexican alliance and promising to help mexico regain, TX, NM, and CA if the united states entered WWI.. intercepted by british
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all of these events cause pres. wilson to..
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ask for a declaration of war
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*see notes
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eddie rickenbacker (fighter pilot) and alvin york (conscientious objecter).. who else fought?
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Selective service act
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required men to register for miliatary service
(1917) 200,000 (1918) 3 million in american army |
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women filled roles of
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nurses, secretaries, operators
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____ greatly reduced losses in the atlantic ocean
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convoy systems
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americans also mine the ______ bottling up submarines
by 1918, germany cant replace submarine losses |
north sea
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American Expeditionary Force
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John J Pershing
men from all walks of life farmers never left farms, let alone country paris + europe stunned them |
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Armistice Day aka Veterans Day
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Despite no Allied presence in Germany, the surrender at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918
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*see notes..
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government power grows, accomplishments, war economy, labor unions
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-less day, victory gardens, farmers
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food goes to soldiers
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taxes
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income tax (high incomes= higher taxes)
sin tax "liberty loans" |
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biased communication designed to influence people's thoughts and actions
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propoganda
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examples of propoganda
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-committee on public info
-artists, "four minute men", newspapers -boy scouts -hatred |
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*see notes..
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anti immigrant (german) hysteria
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espionage and sedition acts
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-people could be fined or sentenced up to 20 yr for interfering or speaking disloyally about the gov. or war effort
-magazines and newspapers |
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most important point in 14 points
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league of nations
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big 4
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George Clemenceau, David Lloyd George, Wilson, and Vittorio Orlando
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treaty of versailles
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-reparations
-war guilt clause -USSR -Vietnam?? |
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opposition to treaty of versailles
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-too harsh, sold out
-league of nations -henry cabot lodge -wilson refuses to compete -the treaty fails, the league fails |
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legacy
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-normalcy
-military and gov power grew -stage set -war to end all wars |
