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50 Cards in this Set
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nationalism
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loyal proud of their countries thinking they're better than others
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naval arms race
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England has largest most powerful navy in the world
England shut Germany out of the Boer Germany saw this as a treat to their expansion |
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Germany steps up
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German naval admiral Alfred Von Tirpitz wants to expand the German Navy to be 2/3 the size of England's
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Dreadnought
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England builds a new battleship
"we want 8 we won't wait" |
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kitty Hawk
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Wright brothers fly first airplane
at beginning of war planes were not apart of the war |
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triple alliance
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Italy, Germany, and Austria
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triple entente
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Russia, France, Britain.
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Machine Gun
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70-130 lbs
1 machine gun=75 rifles changed battle strategy |
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tanks
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British were first designers and called them hardships
designed to take out machine gun defense couldn't get around trenches or mud |
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aircraft
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originally used for scouting
they became bombers |
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dog fight
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air to air combat
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Anthony fokker
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invents machine gun mounted on plane
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red barron
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Manfred von richthofen
killed by lucky shot from Australian machine gun on ground |
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Wilson's 1st point
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no secret alliances or agreements
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Wilson's 2nd point
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free seas
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Wilson's 3rd point
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free trade
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Wilson's 4th point
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reduce all countries weapons
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Wilson's 6th point
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Russia allowed to develop their own political setup
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Wilson's 7th point
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France given parts of Germany
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Wilson's 10th point
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people in Austria are given self determination
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Wilson's 11th point
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people in Balkans are given self determination
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Wilson's 13th point
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Poland created as an independent state
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Wilson's 14th point
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league of nations created
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the big 4: England
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David Loyd George
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the big 4: US
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Woodrow Wilson
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the big 4: france
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George's Clemeceau
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the big 4: italy
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Vittorio Orlando
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propaganda
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facts, ideas spread deliberately to damage opposing cause
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committee on public information
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encourage support for war (uncle sam)
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total war and the people
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use every aspect of your society to make war on enemy
2/3 of the money was from war bonds (paid back as a loan) increased taxes Americans paid 70% |
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Victory gardens
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grow food on balconies and fire escapes
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life in the trenches: weapons
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hand grenade rifle shovel
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life in the trenches: cycle
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front support and reserve
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gallipoli
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British wanted Germans to have 3rd front
attacked ottoman empire on Gallipoli peninsula British underestimated Turkish resolve and were pushed to sea 1st major British loss to nonindustrialized country |
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verdun
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Germans wanted to break through french lines so they pushed at Verdun
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somme
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British and French wanted to ease pressure at Verdun so they pushed at Somme
largest artillery attack in the history of the world |
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western front, America comes and Russia exits
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Russians over throw government and pull out of war
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storm troopers
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elite soldiers that could move quickly and use new weapons
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isolationism
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us should stay out of affairs of Europe and keep Europe Out of the Americas
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one-sided isolationism
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potential of making a fortune from the war while staying out of it
hundreds of Americans fought for/ against France for "Lafayette Escadrille" |
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poncho villa
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Mexican revolutionary leader, invades and burns towns near border, Americans think his guns are from germany, US blocks port at Vera Cruz
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U-boats
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submarines were Germany's only real answer to British naval power
used to sink transport ships to block supplies and advertised in American newspaper to warn no to go to England |
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RMS lusitania
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British merchant ship sunk by u boats that had Americans
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big stock policy
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speak softly and carry a big stick Will go far (Roosevelt's plan to keep European poets out of western hemispheres)
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Panama canal
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every navy needed two fleets one for each major ocean, England wouldn't let other nations create link between oceans, but England saw Germany as a bigger threat and let us build a canal hoping to Strengthen alliance
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British imperialism
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England was most powerful and biggest empire in world, they needed resources and strategic military locations
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us imperialism
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we had huge advantage over other industrial counties
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Spanish American war
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"remember the Maine, to hell with Spain" America promised to stay out of Cuba and allow Cuba to have independence
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battle at manila bay
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huge navy victory for us
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rough riders
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attacked San Juan hill to crush Spanish army
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