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24 Cards in this Set
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Militarism
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Increase in the importance of the military of a country
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Central Powers
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Coalition of nations in WWI that included the German, Austria, Hungary, and Ottoman empires
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Allied Powers
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Group of nations that allied to fight the central powers in WW1, and those count
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trench warfare
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new kind of warfare in WWI that involved 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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Zimmermann note
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telegram from Germany to Mexico offering Mexico a return of territory in exchange for declaring war on the U.S
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Selective Service Act
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law that allowed president to draft soldiers in times of war
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Liberty band
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loans to the government that aided its ability to prepare for WWI
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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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true or cease - fire agreement between warring nations
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league of nations
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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, visited to province's capital of Sarajero, while getting shot by a 19 year old named Gavrilo Princip
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Treaty of Versailles
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brought an end to WWI but was never ratified by the U.S
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American Expeditionary Force
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U.S military forces sent to Europe during WWI and was led by John J Pershing
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Lusitania
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passenger ship bombed by Germany
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reparations
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financial payments by the loser of the war
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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republican senator
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National War Labor board
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government agency organized to promote the interests of women
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mobilize
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to prepare for war
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stalemate
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situation when neither side can win a victory
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4 causes of WWI
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1. Militarism
2. Nationalism 3. Imperialism 4. Alliances |
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Spark of WWI
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were on a drive and Gaviaro Princip first through a bomb at the car but it never blew up . But while he was at the Café, they were still driving he saw the car and shot it. Franz in the neck and Sophie in the stomach
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Allied Powers
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Serbia
Great Britain France Japan Russia Italy United States |
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Central Powers
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Austria- Hungary
Germany Ottoman Empire (Turkey) |
