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16 Cards in this Set
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U.S. president (member of Big Four) who wanted a league of nations and wrote the Fourteen Points
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Woodrow Wilson
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the use of german U-boats to blow up ships because great britain has blockaded germany
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unrestricted submarine warfare
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ships used by germans in unrestricted submarine warfare
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U-boats
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passenger ship blown up by germans
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Lusitania
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british intercept a secret message from germany telling mexico to attack the united states; in return, mexico gets land lost in war
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Zimmermann Note
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line that the Allies broke through in germany, leading to the end of the war
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Hindenburg Line
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agreement on november 11, 1918 at 11:00 am to end the war
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armistice
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wilson`s peace settlement:
1. reduction of arms 2. self determination 3. no secret treaties 4. freedom of seas and trade 5. league of nations |
Fourteen Points
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prime minister of france (member of Big Four) who wants to punish germany
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Georges Clemenceau
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prime minister of great britain (member of Big Four) who also wants to punish germany along with George Clemenceau
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David Lloyd George
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prime minister of italy (member of Big Four) who wanted land
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Vittorio Orlando
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treaty that the U.S. declines:
1. war guilt clause 2. reparations 3. limited german military 4. must return all conquered land 5. make poland a free country 6. germany loses colonies 7. league of nations |
Treaty of Versailles
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idea of president wilson to create a group that will settle disputes without going to war
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League of Nations
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territories ruled by european powers:
1. syria and lebanon- france 2. palestine and iraq- great britain |
mandates
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create a Jewish settlement called "israel"
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Zionist movement
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declaration of 1917 to help create a Jewish state
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Balfour Declaration
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