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Militarism |
1. the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests. |
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Nationalism |
Deep devotion to ones nation |
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Mobilization |
Mobilization is the act of assembling and making both troops and supplies ready for war. |
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Neutrality |
the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict |
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Alliances |
a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries |
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand |
Franz Ferdinand was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia, and from 1896 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne. |
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Central powers |
1. Central Powers definition. Germany and its allies (Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire) in World War I. |
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Trench warfare |
1. a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other. |
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Stalemate |
When neither side can decide who wins |
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U boats |
a German submarine used in World War I |
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Communism |
leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. |
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Bolsheviks |
a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which was renamed the Communist Party after seizing power |
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Lusitania |
a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915: one of the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I. |
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Zimmerman Telegram |
* 1. British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. But was intercepted by Britain and Britain told America |
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Draft |
A system for selecting young men for compulsory military service, administered in the United States by the Selective Service System. |
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Doughboys |
Us military man used in world war 1 |
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National war labor board |
the purpose of preventing strikes that would disrupt production in war industries. |
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Liberty bonds |
was a war bond that was sold in the United States to support the allied cause in World War I. |
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Sussex pledge |
was a promise made in 1916 during World War I by Germany to the United States prior to the latter's entry into the war. |
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Selective service act |
* 1. authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people. |
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America Expidentionary force |
The American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) consisted of the United States Armed Forces sent to Europe in World War I. During the United States campaigns in World War I the AEF fought in France alongside French and British allied forces in the last year of the war, against Imperial German forces. |
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Woodrow Wilson |
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921 and leader of the Progressive Movement |
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No mans land |
disputed ground between the front lines or trenches of two opposing armies |
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Chemical warfare |
The use of chemical agents as a weapon of war or terror. From the mustard gas used in World War I to the highly lethal neurotoxin Sarin that is potentially available for use today, chemicals are considered a weapon of mass destruction, and their use is condemned by most civilized nations. |
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Schlieffen plan |
was a 1905 German General Staff thought-experiment which later became a deployment-plan and set of recommendations for German Commanders to implement using their own initiative. |
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Schlieffen plan |
was a 1905 German General Staff thought-experiment which later became a deployment-plan and set of recommendations for German Commanders to implement using their own initiative. |
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Allied power |
In World War I, the Allies included Britain, France, Italy, Russia, and the United States. In World War II, the Allies included Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States. |
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Treaty of Versailles |
was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. |
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14 point peace plan |
was a statement given on January 8, 1918 by United States President Woodrow Wilson declaring that World War I was being fought for a moral cause and calling for postwar peace in Europe. |
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14 point peace plan |
was a statement given on January 8, 1918 by United States President Woodrow Wilson declaring that World War I was being fought for a moral cause and calling for postwar peace in Europe. |
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Henry cobot lodge |
Henry Cabot Lodge Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924), a conservative Republican politician, proved a long-term adversary of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson and, ultimately, his nemesis. |
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League of Nations |
was an intergovernmental organisation founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. |
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Reperations |
the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged. |
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Armistice |
an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce. |
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Espionage |
the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information. |
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Sedition |
conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch. synonyms: |
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Propaganda |
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. |
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Influenza |
Is the flu |
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Victory gardens |
a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, planted to increase food production during a war. |
