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Lusitania |
A British passenger liner |
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Zimmerman Note |
Secret Telegram to Mexico sent by the German foreign minister, Arthur Zimmerman, was decided and then published by American newspapers in March 1917 |
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Selective Service Act |
In 1917, this act required men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register to be drafted |
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America Expeditionary Force |
They wanted the U.S troops, known as the American Expeditionary Force, to join French & 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 |
Armistice, or truce, went into 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 called the League of Nations |
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Treaty of Versailes |
The peace settlement of World War 1 |
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Reparations |
Payments for war damages |
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Henry Cabot Lodge |
Republican Seantor Lodge wanted the winners to set the terms of peace |