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15 Cards in this Set
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Who wasKaiser Wilhelm?
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The leader of Germany during World War I, he was a terrible leader in Germany, he referred to himself as "The All Highest Imperial Kaiser Wilhelm."
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George the fifth
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king of England.
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Which Allied Power dropped out for fear of Germany, also wanted, and still wants Turkish waters?
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Russia dropped out in 1916 to have the Russian revolution, and the United States ended up taking their place.
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Sarajevo
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June 28,1914 heir to the thrown in Austria, Franz Ferdinand went on a trip going through Sarajevo with his wife Sophie. Shot and killed them both in a little war the people wanted to get started, not knowing it would go that far.
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What happened after Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were killed?
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Austria sent an ultimatum, Serbia says no way, they start a war, which does not only bring Austria and Serbia into the war, but also the countries they're allied with.
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The Lafayette
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U.S. air force coming together with France, (returning the favor) from when t hey helped us out. They were there more to fly than to fight.
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Contraband
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Illegal goods. Germans now began to rely on the use of submarines.
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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
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Attack any ship regardless!!! ( 3 submarines is called a wolf pack)
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J.P. Morgan
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Banker loaned the government of England $6 million in gold. (supposedly sunken with the Lusitania ship).
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Wilson Turned on Germany
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Americans were enraged, and the Germans were scared, like, "what have we done?!" We made Germans sign a treaty that they would not do anything like that again, but they did, and went back to Unrestricted Submarine Warfare. This drove the U.S. into the war.
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The National Defense Act
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Doubled the U.S. army.
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The Counsel for National Defense
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How were going about to converting for a war.
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Zimmerman's Note
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Zimmerman in Germay, writes a letter to Mexico saying that Germay would help them fight the U.S., and when they win, they will get back all of the territories they lost in 1848. It never made it to Mexico, and instead found its way to all of the newspapers in the U.S.
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April 1917
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The U.S. joins the Allied Powers, and takes the place of Russia.
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Propaganda
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Bogus recruiting posters, etc.
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