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Franz Ferdinand
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Archduke, heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, who visited Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital.
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Gavrilo princip
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Serbian nationalist who stepped out of the crowd. He killed the archduke and his wife.
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The Allied Powers
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Britain, France and Russia were pitted against the central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. Italy remained neutral until 1915 when join the allies
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First battle of Marne
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In September, 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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Militarism
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Or glorification of military strength , it was the strong spirit of it
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Central powers
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
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No-man's land
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A thin strip of bombed-out territory, strewn with barbed wire and land mines.
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Trench warfare
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A new type of fighting emerged on the western front
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Battle of the Somme
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This four-mounth-long battle left more than 1 million dead and wonded. In that battle the British force suffered some 60,000 casualties in a single day.
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Manfred Von Richthofen
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Aka the Red Baron, was the most successful German baron, who reported 80 kills or enemy aircraft shot down.
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Edward Rickenbacker
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The top American ace who had a reported 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 passenger's safety.
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Robert Lansing
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Bryan's successor encouraged the trade of war materials with the allies.
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National defense act
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Passed by congress in June 1916, increased the number of soldiers in the regular army from some 90,000 to about 175,000.
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Zimmermann note
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The cable proposed a Mexican alliance with Germany. The cable offered German support to help Mexico "reconquer the lost territory in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona "
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Jeannette Rankin
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Representative Of Montana was among the opposition of the declaration
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Selective service act
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The congress passed it on may 18 , 1917. It required men between the age of 21 and 30 to register with local draft boards.
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John J. Pershing
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Under the command of the general , the first US troops reached France in late June 1917
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Convoy system
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This system escorted by US warships, merchant vessels transported troops, supplies and volunteers through the submarine infested North Atlantic
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William McAdoo
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A secretary of the treasury and Wilson's son-in-law. He declared that "every person who refuses to describe...is a friend of Germany " and "is not entitled to be and American citizen.
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Food Administration
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And the fuel administration were charged with with regulation 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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WIB, government's central war agency coordinated the work of all these boards
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Bernard Baruch
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The director of WIB, Wall Street investor had overall responsibility for allocating scarce materials, establishing production properties and setting prices.
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