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39 Cards in this Set
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militarism
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the glorification of military strength
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franz ferdinand
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the heir to the AustroHungarian throne
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Gavrilo Princip
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serbian nationalist-. he killed his wife
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allied powers
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britain, france russia
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central powers
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germany austria-hungary ottoman empire, bulgaria
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first battle of the marne
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the allies pushed the german lines back 40 miles
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no mans land
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bombed out territory- strewn with barbed wire and land mines
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trench warfare
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a new type of fighting
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battle of somme
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british forces suffered some 60.000 casualites in a single day
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manfred von richthofen
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red baron
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edward rickenbacker
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top american ace, 26 kills
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sussex pledge
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a renewal of an earlier promise not to sink liners without warning
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robert lansing
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bryan's successor, encouraged the trade of war materials with the allies
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national defense act
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increased the number of soldiers in the regular army from some 90,000 to 175,000
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zimmermann note
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the cable proposed a mexican alliance with germany
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jeanette rankin
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representitive of montana
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selective service act
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on may 18 1917. required every man between the ages of 21 and 30 to registerwith local draft boards
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convoy system
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helped the troops
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william mcdoo
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was secretary of the treasury and wilsons son in law
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food administration
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regulating the production of food
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herbert hoover
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ran the food administraion
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war industries board
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central war agency
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bernard baruch
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wall street investor ran the WIB
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NWLB
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national war labor board
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harriot stanton blatch
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the daughter of elizabeth cady stanton
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juliette gordon low
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american volunteer
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great migration
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1915-1930 african americans moved from the south to the north
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committee on public information
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CPI
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sedition act
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1917- outlawed treason
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espionage act
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june in 1917
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bolsheviks
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a group of radical russian socialists
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battle of the argonne forest
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americans sufferd 120,000 casualites
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fourteen points
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a program for world peace
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league of nations
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was the heart of the "fourteen points" program
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big four
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wilson, british prime minister david lloyd george, french premier georges clemenceau, and italian prime minister vittorio orlando
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david lloyd george
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british prime minister
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georges chemenceau
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french premier
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vittorio orlando
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italian prime minister
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henry cabot lodge
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wilson's long time enemy
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