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30 Cards in this Set
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First large scale naval battle with battleships on both sides
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Jutland
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The monarch of Russia
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Nicholas II
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Franz Ferdinand
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Archduke
His assassination sparked WWI |
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Large passenger ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat
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Lusitania
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Lenin
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He set up the communist state of the Soviet Union
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Armistice
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occurred on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
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Kaiser Wilhelm
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the German monarch
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Commander of the American forces in Europe
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John Pershing
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Reparations
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paying back the cost of the war to former enemies
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Gallipoli
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attempt to open a 3rd front in Turkey
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war of attrition
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destroying al the enemies soldiers
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War Industries Board
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encouraged mass production
established daylight savings time |
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Russia
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withdrew from the war because of a communist revolution
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this weapon almost starved
Great Britain out of the war |
machine guns
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this ammendment gave women the right to vote
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19th
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policy that kept the US out of the war for 3 years
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isolationism
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result of the Selective Service Act
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men were required to register for military service
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weapons of warfare introduced in WWI
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airplanes and tanks
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suffered fewest casualties
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United States
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Von Schliefen plan
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allowed Germany to quickly take the French capital of Paris
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Triple entente
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England, France, Russia
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withdrew from the war because of a communist revolution
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Russia
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caused an international pandemic resulting in millions of deaths
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flu
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telegram from Germany to Mexico which drew the US into WWI
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Zimmerman Note
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Central Powers
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire
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loans that the government sells tot he public to help finance a war
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war bonds
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Germany decided to surrender after
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Muesse Argonne
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President during WWI
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Woodrow Wilson
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Treaty of Versailles
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blamed Germany for starting the war
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limiting the amount of food to be consumed by the general public during wartime
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rationning
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