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12 Cards in this Set
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Selective Service Act |
•Passed in 1917 to prepare the U.S military •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 received from these taxes were used to support the allies |
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American Expeditionary Force |
-•U.S troops |
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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 |
•Truce that went into effect on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 |
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John J Pershing |
•Leader of the American Troops •Wanted to join fight as separate force and demanded that his troops were to be thoroughly trained |
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk |
•Signed in March 1918 by Russia, it was a peace treaty with the central powers that caused a civil war in Russia which led to them "dropping out" of the war |
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Russian Revolution |
•A revolution in Russia caused by the treaty •Was between the Communist and the forces loyal to the Czar. |
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Reparations |
•Payments for war damages |
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14 Point Plan |
Created on January 8, 1918, it was the outline to Wilsons vision for the postwar world •Specific Proposals |
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Treaty of Versailles |
•Peace Settlement for World War 1 |
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League of Nations |
International assembly of nations |
