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39 Cards in this Set
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Zimmerman Note
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-written by Germany's foreign secretary Arther Zimmerman, promised land in southwest America to Mexico if Mexico invaded America
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unrestricted submarine warfare
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Germans attacked merchant ships
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Lusitania
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-A British passenger liner
-torpedoed by Germans on 5/7/1915 in Irish Sea - 1200 passengers drowned |
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Allies
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Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Italy, U.S,
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Stalemate
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-fighting that goes back and forth with no clear winner
- fighting takes place within 1000 miles for most of war -new modern warfare caused this, old ways failed |
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Modern Warfare
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-exposed new warfare
-machine guns, poison gas, |
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Trench Warfare
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battle fought between two sides fought in dug trenches
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Archduke Francis Ferdidand and Sofia
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Heir to the Austro Hungarian throne
-him and his wife shot by Gavrillo Princep while speaking in Serbia - spark that ignited WWI |
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Gavrillo Princep
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-assassin of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
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snowball effect
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-a small conflict grows into great war
- A-H declares war on Serbia, Russia, declares war on A-H Germany declares war on Russia - In 3 years all of Europe and U.S was involved in war |
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U.S neutrality
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-Do not take sides
-largely a business state - foreign business was up - protect foreign investements |
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isolationism
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the US not wanting to join European affairs
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U-Boat
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German Untersee boat or German submarine
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Propaganda
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jouranlists used terms such as defeat the KAiser and Hate the Hun to push America to war
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American Expeditory Force
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a coalition of volunteers and national guardsmen
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Liberty Bonds
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-special bonds to support allied cause
-raised more than $20 billion -paid for 1/4 of war costs |
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Rationing
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method of distributing foods in a fixed amounts
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Selective Service
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law passed in 1917 that authorized a draft of young men for military service
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Self Determination
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The Power to make decisions about one's future
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Reparations
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Payment from an enemy for economic injury suffered duing a war
what allies wanted from Central Powers |
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14 points of Peace
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Woodrow Wilson's post war peace plan
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League of Nations
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President Wilson's proposal to have a coalition of countries work together to protect peace
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Paris Peace Conference
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conference in paris to negotiate the end of WWI
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Versailles Treaty
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1919 treaty that ended World WAr I
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sovereignity
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government free from external control
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Russian Revolution
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In 1917 Czar Nicholas of II was overthrown, fear of siding withan autocrat ended
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Prepardness
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armed neutrality
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America's shift from neutrality to war
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the attacks on the Memphis , Illinois, Vigilancia
the Zimmerman note unrestricted German warfare |
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Technology's impact on the war
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modern warfare
machine guns poison gas |
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American homefront changes and rationale
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women were encouraged to only buy and eat what they needed
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Wilson's view of America in the international world
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America could be a leader of Peace in the international war
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Different Perspectives present at the PAris Peace conference
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-Wilson wanted 14 points
-Allies wanted revenge |
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Arguments over League of Nations
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-strong internationalists
-limited internationalist -mild reservationists -strong resevationists -irreconcilables |
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strong internationalists
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-L of N is directed by hand of god
-no turning back -any change to L of N is a rejection |
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limited reservationists
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-US could be forced into a position of going into a war that it did not want to fight
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mild reservationists
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b/c of WWI people are already cautious
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strong reservationists
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U.S must ensure that certain decisions must always be ours
- current L of N must be amended |
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irreconcilables
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we cannot commit to a group where members judgement may not satisfy the US
-The promise of selflessness from all nations is unrealistic |
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Problems with Treaty of Versailles
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Crippled Germany, created more hatred, led to Hitler
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