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38 Cards in this Set
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Who was the president at the start of WW1? |
Woodrow Wilson |
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Who was a part of the Triple Entente? |
France, U.K., and Russia (sometimes Ireland) |
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Who were the central powers during WW1? |
Germany, Austria, Hungary, Turkey, Italy (at first) |
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What was the start of WW1? |
Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria, was assassinated by Serbian blood |
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Who first declared war on who during WW1? |
Austria/Hungary on Serbia |
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Who was Serbia's ally during WW1 and joined the war? |
Russia |
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When did WW1 begin? |
August, 1914 |
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What new technology did Germany have during WW1? |
U-boat |
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Who attacks France during WW1? |
Germany |
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Belgium was neutral during WW1, until when? |
Until Germany tried to attack France by going through Belgium. |
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What was the "rape of Belgium"? |
Germany attacked France through Belgium and killed innocent people |
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What was the Lusitania? |
A ship going from NYC to England that was blown up by a German Uboat |
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What must Germany do before attacking others? |
Warn them first |
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Why does the U.S. trade more with the Entente than the Central Powers? |
Germany is blockading everything, plus US is unwilling to help Germany |
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What was the Zimmerman Telegram? |
A German telegram sent to Mexico |
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What did the Zimmerman Telegram say? |
They ask Mexico to keep the U.S. out of the war, and in return Germany would award Mexico with Southwestern U.S. |
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What was the Russian Revolution? |
The Tsar was doing a **** job, people were starving. They overthrew the Tsar. He executed people. He was ****. |
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What were some of the 14 points? |
Peace without victory, open transparent diplomacies, league of nations, free trade, self-determination,new Nations created, reduce militaries |
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Who created the 14 points and who disagreed with them? |
Wilson created them, the Entente didn't like them. |
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Who wanted to end imperialism and how did they want to do it? |
Wilson, he wanted to destroy it through the League of Nations |
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Who was Wilson's enemy? |
Henry Cabot Lodge |
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What was the result of the Treaty of Versailles for the United States? |
Senate voted to reject Treaty |
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What was the red scare? |
The fear of reds- communists, socialists, anarchists |
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What was the Espionage Act and the Sedation Act? |
Fines and prison sentences for loosely defined anti-war activities |
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What were the Palmer raids? |
Planned by Hoover, government agents broke into homes without warrants and arrest thousands |
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The 2nd KKK started when??? |
During the red scare, many blacks were lynched |
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What is the Red Summer? |
Race riots that destroyed two dozen cities |
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Why were there many strikes in 1919? |
People were being overworked and some didn't have jobs from the war. Bombs were sent to people's homes |
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What was the Sacco and Vanzetti trial? |
Two Italian anarchists found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, the trial focused on the fact that they were anarchists tho |
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What was the bonus army? |
WW1 veterans wanted their bonuses promised to them during the Depression |
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What was the Good Neighbor Policy? |
Latin American policy states that no nation had the right to intervene in the affairs of another |
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How did Eleanor Roosevelt help civil rights? |
Helped black men during the New Deal get powerful positions |
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Indian reorganization act? |
Ending forced assimilation and restoring Indian lands to tribes |
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What were the neutrality acts? |
Shipments of military material can not be sent to those at war |
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What was the tripartite pact? |
Military pact that if one went to war, they all went to war |
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What was D Day? |
The day that France was finally invaded |
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What does Stalin hope to gain from the war? |
Sphere of influence |
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What is MAGIC? |
The US is intercepting diplomatic messages between other nations |
