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36 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
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Gavrilo Princip
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Stepped out ofmthe streets and shot the archduke and his wife Sophie
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Allied Powers
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World war one alliance that included Britain, France, Russia, and later the U.S, and that fought againstnthe Central Powers. World war 2 alliance that fought against axis power-britain, france and later u.s
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Central Powers
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World war 1 alliance that included Austria-Hungary, Germany, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
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First Battle of the Marne
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World War I battle in which the Allies stopped a German advance near the Marne River.
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No-mans land
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Strip of bombed-out territory that separated the trenches of opposing armies along the Western Front during World War I.
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Trench warfare
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World War I military strategy of defending a position by fighting from the protection of deep ditches.
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Battle of the Somme
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British forces suffered some 60,000 casualties in a single day. Four month battle that left more than 1 million dead. Near the Somme River in Northern France.
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Manfred Von Richthofen
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Known as the Red Baron-80 kills
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Edward Rickenbacker
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Top American ace - 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 of war materials with the Allies.
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National Defense Act
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Military preparedness program established prior to U.S entry into World War I that increased the size of the National Guard and the regular U.S army
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Zimmerman Note
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Cable sent to Mexico by Germany's foreign secretary during World War I; proposed an alliance between the two countries.
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Jeanette Rankin
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Representative of Montanna but didnt want to vote for war.
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Selective service act
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Law that initially required men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for the draft
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John J. pershing
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General of the U.S troops in the war, most experienced combat officer, didnt want to fight and be added ine by one he wanted U.S to fight alone
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Convoy system
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Use of armed vessels to escort unarmed merchant vessels transporting troops, supplies, or volunteers through the North Atlantic during World War I
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William mcAdoo
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Secretary of the treasury
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Food administration
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Encouraged increased agricultural production and the conservation of existing food supplies
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Herbert hoover
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Headed the food administration and the fuel administration
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War industries board
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The governments central war agency
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Bernard baruch
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Director of the WIB, had responsibility for allocating scarce materials, establishing production priorities and setting prices
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National war labor board
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Federal agency created by wilson
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Stanton blatch
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The daughter of suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, headed yhr food administration speakers bureau
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Juliette gordon low
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Actice american volunteer, born in wealthy family
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Great migration
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Mass migration of English people to the Americas in 1600 and African Americans during and after world war one
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Committee on public information
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Agency created in 1917 to increase public support for world war one
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Espionage act
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Federal law that outlawed acts of treason during world war one
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Sedition act
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Federal law enacted during world war one that made written criticism of the government a crime
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Bolsheviks
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Group of radical Russian socialists, seized power
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Battle of argonne forest
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120,000 casualties
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Fourteen points
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Made by Wilson
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League of nations
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Club made up of other nations
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Reparations
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Patments made by allies
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