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13 Cards in this Set
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Militarism
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The glorification of military strengths.
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Franz Ferdinand
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The heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, visited Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital.
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Gavrilo Princip
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Serbian nationalist
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Allied Powers
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Britian, France and Russia were pitted against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungrary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
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Central Powers
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World War 1 alliance that included Austria-Hungaray, Germany, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
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First Battle of the Marne
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Allies pushed the German lines back some 40 miles.
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No-man's-land
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Separating the two sides was a thin strip of bombed-out territory, strewn with barbed wire and land mines.
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Battle of the somme
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British forces suffered some 60,000 causalities 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
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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 of war materials with the allies.
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National Defense Act
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increased then number of soldiers in the regular army from some 90,000 to about 175,000 with an ultimate goal of 223,000
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