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21 Cards in this Set
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Militarism |
The aggressive strengthening of armed forces |
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
His assassination led to the beginning of the war |
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Mobilize |
To prepare a military for war |
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Central powers |
The alliance between Austria-Hungary and Germany |
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Allied powers |
The alliance between France, Russia, and Great Britain |
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Trench warfare |
Defending a position by fighting from the protection of deep ditches |
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Stalemate |
A situation in which neither side can win a decisive victory |
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U-boats |
They launched torpedoes against allied supply ships, causing heavy losses |
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Lusitania |
A British passenger liner |
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Zimmermann note |
The secret telegram to Mexico sent by the German foreign minister, Arthur Zimmermann, was decoded and then published by American newspapers in March 1917 |
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Selective service act |
The act required men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register to be drafted |
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Liberty bonds |
Provided billions of dollars in loans to the allies |
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Victory gardens |
Many grew their own gardens during an act of food conservation |
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Espionage & sedition acts |
Restricted free speech and allowed the government to arrest opponents of the war |
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American expeditionary force |
French and British generals wanted the AEF to join French and British units |
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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 |
Or truce, went into effect on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 |
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League of Nations |
The final point called for the creation of an international assembly of nations |
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Reparations |
Payments for war damages |
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Treaty of Versailles |
The peace settlement of world war 1 |
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Henry Cabot Lodge |
Declared: "no peace that satisfied Germany in any degree can ever satisfy us." |
