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41 Cards in this Set
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Militarism
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Glorification a of military strength.
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Franz Ferdinand
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The heir of Austrohungarian throne, visited Sarajevo.
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Gavrilo princip
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Serbian nationalist, killed the archduke and his wife.
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Allied powers
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Britain, France, and russia.
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Central powers
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria
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First battle of the Marne
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Allies pushed German miles back 40 miles , no quick victory.
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No-mans land
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Thin strip of bombed out land that separated the two powers, strewn with barbed wire and land mines.
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Trench warfare
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Massive artillery barrages, soldiers went over the top and charged across no mans land.
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Battle of the Somme
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British suffered some 60,000 casualties a day. 4 month long battle.
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Man free Von Richthofen
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Red Baron, most successful ace with 80 kills
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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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Renewal of 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 allies.
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National defense act
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Increased the number of soldiers in the regular army from 90,000 to about 175,000.
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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, among the opposition
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Selective service act
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Required men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register with local draft boards.
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Convoy system
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Effective, escorted us warships, merchant vessels, etc. through the submarine infested North Atlantic.
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William McAdoo
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Secretary of treasure and Wilson's son in law.
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Food administration
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Regulated the production and supply of these essential resources.
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Herbert Hoover
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Director of food administration appointed by Wilson 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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WIB governments central war agency
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Bernard Baruch
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Wall Street investor, director of WIB.
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NWLB
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National war labor board,1918 to ensure that the voice of labor was heard, president Wilson.
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Harriot Stanton blatch
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The daughter of suffragist Elizabeth Stanton headed the food administrations speakers bureau
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Juliette Gordon low
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Active American volunteer. Born in 1860. Received the finest private school education.
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Great migration
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Job opportunities and the chance of higher wage brought an important population shift in the us.
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Committee on public information
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CPI led a propaganda campaign to encourage the American people to support the war.
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Espionage act
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Outlawed acts of treason and made it a crime to do anything criticizing the government, the flag or the military.
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Sedition act
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Outlawed acts of treason and made it a crime to do anything criticizing the government, the flag or the military.
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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 suffered 120,000 casualties, by November they had reached and occupied the halls of sedan.
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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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The heart of the fourteen points.
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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 Victoria Orlando.
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David Lloyd George
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British prime minister, the big four.
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Georges Clemenceau
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French premier, the big four.
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Vittorio Orlando
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Italian prime minister, the big four.
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Reparations
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Payments to allies.
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Treaty of Versailles
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Took place in the palace of Versailles, 1919
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Henry Cabot lodge
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Head of senate committee. On foreign relations in Massachusetts
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