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32 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 fo the Austro-Hungarian throne
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.gavrillo princip
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.shot Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie
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Allied powers
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Britain, france, russia
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Central powers
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Germany Ausria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
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First Battle of 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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Separating two sides was a thin strip of bombed-out territory, covered in barbed wire and land mines
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Trench warfare
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Would build deep trenches and would fight from there
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Battle of Somme
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British forces suffered some 6,000 casualties in a single say, four month battle
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Manfred von Richthofen
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Known as Red Barron, successful with the Germans
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Edward Rickenbacker
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26 kills or enemy aircrafts shot down
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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 safty
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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 the number of soldiers int the regular army
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Zimmerman note
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The cable proposed a Mexican alliance with Germany
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Jeanette Rankin
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Of Montana was among the opposing the deceleration to declare war
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Selective service act
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It required men of the ages 18-39 to register at the local draft boards
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John J. persimg
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Was the armies most experienced combat officer
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Convoy system
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Use of armed vessels to escort unarmed merchant vessels
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William McAdoo
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Secretary of state and Wilson's son in law
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Food Administration
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Charged with regulating the production and supply of these essential rescorces
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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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The work of all the boards was coordinated by the government's war agency
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Bernard Baruch
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Had overall responsibility for allocating scare materials, establishing production priorities and setting prices
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National War Labor Board
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Composed of representatives from business and labor, the NWLB arbitrated disputes between workers and employers
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Harriot Stanton Blatch
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The daughter of Elizabeth Blatch head of the food administrations speakers buruer
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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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Job opportunities and the change of higher wages brought about one if the most important population shifts in US history
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Committee on Public Information
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Wilson wanted to get people to support the war
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Espionage act
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To silence opponents of the war
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Sedition act
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Outlawed acts of treason and made it a crime to criticize the government
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Bolsheviks
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A group of radical Russians
Socialists, seized power |
