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13 Cards in this Set
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Selective Service Act |
1917. The act required men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register to be drafted. |
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Liberty Bonds |
Issued war bonds. Money from the sale of these liberty bonds provide billions of dollars in loans to the allies. |
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American Expeditionary Force |
They wanted U.S troops, known as the American Expeditionary force to join 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 into effect on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. |
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AEF |
U.S. Troops who joined the French and British Units. |
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John J. Pershing |
Leader of the American troops, he insisted that Americans joined the fight as a separate force. |
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Treaty of Brest Litovsk |
A peace agreement with Centrel forces. |
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Russian Revolution |
Bolsheviks threw over the Russian government in 1917. |
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Reparations |
Payments for war damages. |
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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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14 point plan |
A list of specific proposals for post war peace. |
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Treaty of Versailles |
Germany pay for the war damages. |
