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40 Cards in this Set
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franz ferdinand
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the heir to the austrohungarian throne
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militarism
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or the glorification of military strength
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gavrilo princip
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stepped out of the crowd
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allied powers
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of britain, france, and russia
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central powers
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of germany,austria-hungary
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first battle of the marne
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the allies pushed the german lines back some 40 miles
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no man's land
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a new type of fighting
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battle of the somme
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british forces suffered some 60,00
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manfred von richthofen
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known as the red baron
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edward rickenbacker
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top american ace was with 26, kills
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sussex pledge
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a renewal of an earlier promise
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national defense act
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increased the number of soldiers`
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zimmerann note
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the cable propsed a mexican allaiance
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jeanette rankin
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of montana was among the opposition
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selective sercice act
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on may 18, 1917
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john j. pershing
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the first u.s. troops reach france in late june 1917
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convoy system
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proved quite effective. of the more than 2 million u.s. soliers
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william mcadoo
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was secretarty of the treasury and wilson's son in law
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herbert hoover
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a prosperous mining engineer who had managed a food relief campaign
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food administration
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and the federal administration, they were carged with regulation production and supply of these essentioal resources
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war industries board
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its director, wall street investor
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bernard baruch
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had overall responsibility for allocating scarec materials
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national war labor board
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in april 1918 composed of representaltives from business and labor
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harriot stanton blatch
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the daughter of suffragist elizabeth cady stanton
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juliette gordon low
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was an active american volunteer
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great migration
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most important population sifts un us history
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committee on public information
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int he spring of 1917 headed by george creel
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sedition act
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theses measures outlawed acts of treason and maid it a crem to utter, print or publish
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espionage
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in june 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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the americans suffered some 120,000 casualties
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fourten 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 program
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big four
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wilson british prime minister
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david lloyd george
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french premier
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georges clemeneau
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and italian prime minister
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vittorio orlando
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wanted several secre spoils of war treaties honored
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reparatios
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or payments, to the allies
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treaty of versailles
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took place in the palace of versailles just outside paris
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henry cabot lodge
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from massachusetts head of the senate committee of foreign relations and wilson lontime enemy
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