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41 Cards in this Set
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militarism
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glorification of military strength
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Franz Ferdinand
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the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, visited Sarajevo
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Gavrillo Princip
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stepped out of the crowd he fired two shots killing the archduke and his wife Sophie
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Allied Powers
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Britain, France, and Russia were pitted against the Central Powers
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Central Powers
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of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria
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First Battle of the Marne
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the Allies pushed the German lines back some 40 miles as 1914 drew to a close, leaders of both sides realized that there would be no quick victory
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no man's land
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strip of bombed-out territory that separated the trenches opposing armies along the western front during WWI
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trench warfare
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emerged on the western front it was a new type of fighting
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Battle of the Somme
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British forces suffered some 60,000 causalities in single day
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Manfred von Richthofen
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known as the Red Baron most successful skilled pilot
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Edward Rickenbacker
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top American ace with 26 kills
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Sussex Pledge
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a renewal of an earlier promise not to sink liners without warning or without ensuring the passengers safety
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Robert Lansing
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encouraged the trade 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
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Zimmermann Note
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the cable proposed a Mexican alliance with Germany
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Jeannette Rankin
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representative of Montana was among the opposition
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Selective Service Act
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on May 18, 1917 it required men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register with local draft boards
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John J. Pershing
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he was a general the first U.S troops reached France in late June 1917
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convoy system
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escorted by U.S warships, merchant vessels transported troops, supplies, and volunteers through the submarine-infested North Atlantic
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William McAdoo
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was secretary of the treasury and Wilson's son-in-law
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Food Administration
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regulating the production and supply of these essential resources
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Herbert Hoover
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a prosperous mining engineer who had managed a food relief campaign for war stricken Belgium
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War Industries Board
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overall responsibility for allocating scarce materials, establishing production priorities and setting prices
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Bernard Baruch
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director and wall street investor
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National War Labor Board
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arbitrated disputes between workers and employers
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Harriot Stanton Blatch
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the daughter of suffragist Elizabeth Cady headed the food administration
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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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of African Americans from the south to northern cities between 1915 and 1930
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Committee on Public Information
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in the spring of 1917 led a propaganda campaign to encourage the American people to support the war
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Espionage Act
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in June 1917 congress passed this to silence the opponents of the war
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Sedition Act
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outlawed acts of treason and made it a crime to "utter, print, write,or publish any disposal or abusive language"
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Bolsheviks
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a group of radical Russian socialists seized power
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Battle of the Argonne Forest
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Americans suffered 120,000 casualties AA troops played a major role
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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 program
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Big Four
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peace conference was dominated by this
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David Lloyd George
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Wilson British prime minister
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Georges Clemenceau
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French premier
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Vittorio Orlando
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italian minister
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reparations
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or payments to the allies
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Treaty of Versailes
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required the new colonial rulers to report their administration to the League of Nations
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