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What are the MAIN causes of World war I ? |
M-Militarism A- Alliances I- Imperialism N - Nationalism |
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What is militarism ? |
The act of glorfying the military and focus on being ready for war |
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what are alliances ? |
An agreement among two or more nations that each will come to the aid of one of the others if it is attacked |
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What sparked or started World war 1 ? |
The assassination of Archducke franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by a serbian nationalist |
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why did America enter world war I ? |
Lusitania ship sunk by Germans, 126 Americans killed |
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what were the alliances ? |
The Allied Powers and Central Powers |
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What countries were the Allied Powers ? |
-Italy -Great Britain -France -Russia |
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What was the Selective Service Act ? |
All men between the ages of 21 and 31 had to register for the military service |
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What is Imperialism ? |
The act of a strong county taking over a weaker county |
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What is Nationalism ? |
A strong love or pride for one's country or nation |
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What countries were the Central Powers ? |
Germany, Austria Hungary, Ottoman Empire |
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How did the US pay for the war |
Taxes and loans/bonds |
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What killed more soldiers than actual fighting ? |
The flu |
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What is Armistice Day ? |
The Allied and Central Powers agreed to stop fighting |
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What was life in the trenches like ? |
wet, dirty, smelled like dead bodies, get trench foot |
