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30 Cards in this Set
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To give up the throne
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abdicate
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One of the MAIN causes of WWI that led to a many countries coming into the war
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Alliances
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Ethnic or cultural "cleansing" of one group of people
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Genocide
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The issues that faced a nation at home (example-increasing role of women in factories)
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home front
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The use of weapons that could be used for total war
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mechanized
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The ramping up for war, building an army
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Militarism
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The use of persuasive media (radio, posters) to change peoples opinions
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propaganda
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Limiting the amount of items used
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rationing
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The 1917 takeover by Lenin and the Bolshevik party that ousted the czar and created the USSR
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Russian Revolution
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The attempt by Germany to avoid a two front war
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Schlieffen Plan
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The fighting of soldiers on the WESTERN front
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Trench warfare
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The use of new, destructive weapons that created large scale casualties
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Total war
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
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Triple Alliance
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France, Britain, and Russia
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Triple Entente
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Use of underwater torpedoes to disrupt shipping
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unrestricted submarine warfare
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US, Britain, and France (WWI)
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The allies
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Agreement to stop fighting
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armistice
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
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Central Powers
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The area of fighting on the border of Russia
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Eastern Front
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The predecessor to the UN- Fails to solve problems, created by Wilson
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The League of Nations
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The people after WWI that could not integrate back into society
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Lost Generation
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The agreement to end WWI
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Treaty of Versailles
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The telegram that is intercepted that attempts to make Mexico an ally of Germany
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Zimmerman Note
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Russian Communist party (Lenin)
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Bolsheviks
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Russian Parliament (stacked by Czar Nicholas with friends)
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Duma
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Political philosophy of strong nationalism and totalitarian control
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fascism
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Prison camps in Siberia (USSR)
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gulags
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US policy to attempt to stay out of WWII
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isolationism
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Japanese fighter pilots that would take their own lives in battle
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kamikaze
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Policy of giving in to an aggressors demands (Chamberlain to Hitler)
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appeasement
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