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militarism
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building up military strength
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nationalism
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pride in one's country
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trench warfare
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military operations in which the opposing forces attack and counterattack from systems or fortfield ditches rather than an open battle field
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propaganda
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a way of spreading information, ususally involving the manipulation of society--sometimes innaccurate
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand
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heir to the Austria-Hungary throne and was assassinated by Serbian teenager, Gavrilo Princip
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Triple Alliance
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
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Triple Entente
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Great Britain, France, Russia
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Central Powers
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the group of nations led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire that opposed the Allies
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Allied Powers
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Great Britain, France, Russia, and later the U.S.
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Zimmerman Telegram
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a message sent to Mexico from Germany, proposing an alliance if the U.S. entered World War I. Germany promised to help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona
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Selective Service Act
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a law, enacted in 1917, that required men to register for military service
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Liberty Bonds
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when you buy a bond, you are lending money to the government
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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treaty where Russia gave up land to Germany
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Fourteen Points
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the principles making up Woodrow Wilson's plan for world peace, following World War I
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League of Nations
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an association of nations established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace
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reparations
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the compensations paid by a defeated nation for damage or injury it inflicted during the war
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Russian Revolution
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March 1917--communist party took over in Russia
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Bolsheviks
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the communist party in Russia
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"no man's land"
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an unoccupied region between opposing armies // land in between the trenches filled with mines
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Lusitania
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a British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915
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convoy system
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the protection of merchant ships from U-boat attacks by having the ships travel in large groups under the protection of war ships
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Alvin York
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was a conscientious objector - was forced to go to war
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conscientious objector
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a person who refuses, on moral grounds, to participate in warfare
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War Industries Board
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an agency created to control production in industries
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Espionage and Sedition Acts
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2 laws enacted in 1917 & 1918, that imposed harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against U.S. participation in World War I
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war-guilt clause
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a provision in the Treaty of Versailles by which Germany acknowledged that it alone was responsible for World War I
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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leader of conservative senators<--didn't want to get involved int the war
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