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Junkers
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Strongly conservative members of Prussia's wealthy landowning class
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Otto von Bismarck
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The prime minister of Germany, who was a master of realpolitik
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Realpolitik
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"The politics of reality"--tough power politics with no room for idealism
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Franco-Prussian War
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The war between Prussia and France that Bismarck started to gain control of the rest of the southern German states
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Militarism
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A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war
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Triple Alliance
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A military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the years preceding World War I
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
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The ruler of Germany during World War I who began a tremendous shipbuilding program, and made Germany the enemy of France and Russia by letting it's treaty with Russia lapse
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Triple Entente
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A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding World War I
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Central Powers
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The nations of Germany, and Austria-Hungary, along with the other nations that fought on their side
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Allies
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The nations of Great Britain, France, and Russia, along with the other nations that fought on their side
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Western Front
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The region of northern France where the forces of the Allies and the Central Powers fought
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Schlieffen Plan
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Germany's military plan at the outbreak of World War I, according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia
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Trench warfare
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A form of warfare in which opposing armied fought each other from trenches dug in the battlefield
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Eastern Front
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The region along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks
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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
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The use of submarines to sink without warning any ship (including neutral ships, and unarmed passenger liners) found in an enemy's waters
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Total war
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A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort
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Rationing
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The limiting of the amounts of goods people can buy--often imposed by governments during war time, when goods are short in supply
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Propaganda
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information of material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent's cause
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Armistice
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An agreement to stop fighting
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Woodrow Wilson
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The president of the U.S. during WWI, who made a plan for peace called the Fourteen Points
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Georges Clemenceau
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The representative of France in the group called the Big Four that discussed decisions during WWI
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Fourteen Points
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A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after WWI
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Self-determination
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The freedom of a people to decide under what form of government they wish to live
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Treaty of Versailles
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The peace treaty signed by Germany and the Allied powers after WWI
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League of Nations
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An international association formed after WWI with the goal of keeping peace among nations
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