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21 Cards in this Set
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Militarism |
The aggressive strengthening of armed forces |
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand |
Heir to the throne of Austria Hungary |
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Mobilize |
Prepare it's military for war |
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Central powers |
The alliance between Austria-Hungary and Germany came to be know as the central powers |
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Allied powers |
France, Russia, and Britain we're know as the allied powers |
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Trench warfare |
Defending a position by fighting from the protection of deep ditches |
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Stalemate |
A situation in which neither side can win a decisive victory |
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U-boats |
Launched torpedoes against allied supply ships |
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Lusitania |
British passenger liner |
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Zimmerman note |
Secret telegram to Mexico sent by the German foreign minister, Arthur Zimmerman, |
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Selective service act |
In 1917
the act required men between the ages of 21 & 30 to register to be drafted |
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Liberty bonds |
Provided billions of dollars in loans to the allies |
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Victory garden |
Many people grew their own vegetables |
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Espionage & sedition acts |
Restricted free speech and allowed the government to arrest. |
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American expeditionary force |
Known as the u.s troops
joined French and British units |
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Communists |
People who favor the equal distribution of wealth and the end of all forms of private property |
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Armistice |
Or truce,went I onto effect on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 |
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League of Nations |
The final point called for the creation of an international assembly of nations |
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Reparations |
Payment for war damages |
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Treaty of Versailles |
Peace settlement of world war 1 |
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Henry Cabot lodge |
Declared:"no peace that satisfied Germany in any degree can ever satisfy us." Lodge wanted the winners to set the terms of the peace. |
