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37 Cards in this Set
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Battle of Verdun
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1916, France
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Battle of Somme
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1916, France
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Battle of Ypres
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1914, Belgium
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Battle of Marne
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1914, France
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Battle of Gallipoli
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1916, Ottoman Empire
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trenches
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reserve, front line, support, communication
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Lusitania
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May 1915, GB/US ship is sunk by G submarine
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isolationism
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not being involved
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MANIA
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Militarism, Assassination, Nationalism, Imperialism, Alliances
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Woodrow Wilson
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U.S. President
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WWI weapons
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poisonous gas, tanks, airplanes
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Allied powers
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Triple Entente
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Central powers
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Triple Alliances
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Sussex Pledge
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by Wilson, G promised not to sink merchant vessels anymore
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Zimmermann Telegram
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G wanted alliance with Mexico, B decoded G note, U.S. called war
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Triple Entente
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France, Britain, Russia
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Triple Alliances
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
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Black Hand
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organization, assassinated F. Ferdinand
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Bolshevism
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want equal distribution of wealth
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
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leader of Germany
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Czar Nicholas II
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leader of Russia
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David Lloyd- George
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leader of Britain (treaty of Versailles)
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Vittorio Orlando
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leader of Italy (treaty of Versailles)
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Georges Clemenceau
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leader of France (treaty of Versailles)
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Reparations
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paying for damage
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stalemate
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deadlock, no further action possible
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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1914, assassinated by Serbians
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Sir Douglas Haig
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commander in British army
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Paul von Hindenburg
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army, second president of Germany
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Erich von Ludendorff
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German army offiver
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Henri-Phillippe Petain
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French army
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Ferdinand Foch
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Marshal of France and Allied Supreme Commander
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Sir John French
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Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force
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Joseph Joffre
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French general
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Robert Nivelle
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French artillery officer
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John J. Pershing
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general officer in the U.S. army
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Treaty of Versailles
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1919; Britain, Italy, France, USA; blaming war on Germany
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