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22 Cards in this Set
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Militarism
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Development of armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy and threat.
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System of Alliances
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Provided a measure of international security because nations were reluctant to disturb the balance of power.
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Imperialism
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Building empires by extending economic and political control over various people
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Nationalism
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Extreme devotion to the interests and culture of ones nation completive and antagonistic rivalries
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Ally Power
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United states
Great Britain France Russia Italy Japan |
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Central Powers
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Austria Hungary
Germany Ottoman Empire LOSERS |
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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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Heir to Austrian throne assassination sparked the war because of Alliances
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Trench warfare
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Armies fought for position and resulted in 1.2 million deaths. And only 7 miles of ground gained or lost.
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Characteristics
1. Muddy 2. Disease(trench foot) 3. Violent |
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"no mans land"
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Barren expanse of marked with craters barbed wire intense fighting gas attacks
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Blockades and Uboat warfare
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British blockade refused to allow military arms and even food into the country (750,000 Germans :()
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U-boat warfare germans respond by using submarines to attack any vessels
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Lusitania
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British liner 128 Americans killed by u boat
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Convoy System
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Battle ships escorted merchant ships To protect from u boats
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Conscientious objector
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Oppose war on the basis of moral grounds
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Zimmerman Note
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A letter from germay to Mexico encouraging war against u.s to keep out of ww1
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Propaganda
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Designed to influence peoples thoughts and actions
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Armistice
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Cease fire or truce that ends war
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Espionage and sedition acts
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Banned saying anything disloyal profane or abusive about the government
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Great migration
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Thousands of southern blacks moved to northern cities
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Flu Epidemic
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Killed 30 million people worldwide
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Fourteen points
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Written by Woodrow Wilsn specific rules that would prevent war from happening again
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League of nations
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The 14th point of the fourteen points.
Provide a form for nations to discuss and settle their problems without war |
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Treaty of Versailles
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Established 9 new countries barred germany from having an army had to pay 33 billion dollars in reparations and had to sign a war guilt clause admitting the war was all their fault
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