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Militarism
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The increase importance of military in a country.
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Central powers
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The coalition of nations in world war 1 that included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the ottoman empires.
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Allied powers
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A group of nations that allied to fight the central powers in world war 1, and countries in opposion in world war 2.
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Trench warfare
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A new kind of warfare in world war 1 that included troops digging and fighting from deep trenches.
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U-boats
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German submarines or"untersee boats"
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Zimmerman note
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A telegram from Germany to Mexico offering Mexico a return in territory in exchange for declaring war on the U.S.
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Selective service act
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A law that allowed presidents to draft soldiers in times of war
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Liberty bonds
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Loans to the government that aided the ability to prepare for war.
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Communists
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People who believe in communism, or the political system in which all resources are shared equally.
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Armistice
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A truce or cease-fire agreement between wearing nations.
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League of Nations
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A coalition of governments designed to find peaceful solutions to disagreements. Proposed by Woodrow Wilson
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand
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Heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary and was shot by 19 year old Serb nationalist Garior Princip
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Treaty of Versailles
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Brought end to world war 1 but was never ratified by the U.S.
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American expeditionary force
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The U.S. Military force sent to Europe during world war 1 and led by general John J. Pershing
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Lusitania
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A passenger ship bombed by Germany
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Reparation
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Financial payments by the loser of the war
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Henry Cabot lodge
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Declared"no peace that satisfied Germany in any degree can never satisfying us" lodge wanted winner to set terms of peace
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National war labor board
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A government agency organized to help settle the dispute between workers and employers in war industry
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Mobilize
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To prepare for war
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Stalemate
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A situation in which neither side can win a victory
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World War I causes
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1. Militarism
2. Nationalism 3. Imperialism 4. Alliances |
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Spark of WWI
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The spark started when the terrorist group The Black Hand threw a bomb on Archduke Franz Ferdinand but they failed but he then saw him later on and shot twice killing him and his wife Sophie.
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World War 1 Allied Power countries
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Serbia, Great Britain, France, Japan, Russia, Italy, United States.
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World War 1 Central Power countries
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Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire.
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