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21 Cards in this Set
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand
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-assassinated by Gavrilo Princip
-assassination started WW1 |
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Lusitania
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-sank during WW1
-killed 128 Americans -Americans believed that the sinking was not an accident, that they were attacked |
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U-Boats
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-German submarine used in WW1
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Zimmerman Telegram
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-telegram sent by German foreign Minister Zimmerman
-sent to Ambassador in Mexico -Telegram contained details of a proposed alliance against America -strengthened U.S support for going into War -originally sent to Mexico to get Texas, Arizona and New Mexico back |
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nationalism
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excessive pride in ones nation
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militarism
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the policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war
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allied powers
(triple entente) |
military alliance of France, Britain, Russia, U.S., ad 20 other nations during WW1
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central powers
(triple alliance) |
military alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire during the war
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imperialism
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building an empire
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alliances
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union of mutual benefit
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draft
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law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
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fourteen points
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President Wilson's goals for peace after the war
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league of nations
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association of nations formed after the war under Wilson's fourteen points plan
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reperations
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cash payments made by a defeated nation to a victorious nation to pay for losses suffered during a war
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warmonger
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person who tries to stir up war
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liberty bonds
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bonds sold by the United States government to raise money for the war
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armistice
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an agreement to stop fighting
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harlem hell fights
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the African American infantry unit that fought with the french army in the war
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trench warfare
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-fought in dug out channels below the earth
-major type of warfare in WW1 |
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the black hand
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-Serbian terrorist group
-assassin of Archduke Francis Ferdinand was a part of this group |
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Gavrilo Princip
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-assassin of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
-part of Black Hand terrorist group |
