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37 Cards in this Set
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Trench Warfare |
A method of war using trenches. |
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U-Boats |
Unterseeboots used by Germans to blow up ships |
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Alliances |
Agreements between countries to back one another up |
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Doughboys |
Name for American soldiers in WW1 |
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Zimmerman Telegram |
Telegram intercepted by the British and made America go to war with Germany |
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Stalemate |
Often caused by trench warfare when no side gained or loss land |
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Treaty of Versallies |
Treaty signed to end WW1 |
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Chemical warfare |
Warfare using chemicals to get troops out of trenches |
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Communists |
Type of country that every one is equal/common |
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Mobilize |
When troops are sent somewhere to fight |
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Militarism |
Pride in your military |
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Nationalism |
A strong devotion to one on country or nation |
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Neutrality |
When a country or person is not taking any sides |
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Sussex Pledge |
pledge made by Germany to warn ships before being shot |
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
Ruler of Austria-Hungary |
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Central Powers |
The side of the war that was with Austria-Hungary |
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Schlieffen Plan |
A plan by Germany to push enemy lines farther back and to take Paris |
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Allied Powers |
The side of the war that was against Germany |
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Bolsheviks |
They were a group of communists that took over Russia |
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14 Point Peace Plan |
A plan made by Woodrow Wilson to help end the war |
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Henry Cabot Lodge |
Rejected the Treaty of Versailles and 14 pt peace plan because they both involved the league of nations |
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League of Nations |
a Leauge so that all european countries and the US could be peacekeepers |
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reparations |
payments for damage after a war |
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liberty bonds |
American bonds to support the allied forces and to make the Americans seem patriotic |
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National War Labor Board |
Made it so more workers wouldn't be against their employers |
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draft |
a way to get people to join the army through random selections |
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doughboys |
Nickname of american soldiers |
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espionage |
spying |
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Lusitania |
Ship that was sunken by Germans that was a passenger ship |
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sedition |
conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch |
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propaganda |
a way to pursued the publics opinions |
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influenza |
a disease that killed thousands of people in the war |
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victory gardens |
gardens encouraged by the government so the government could get food to troops |
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No Man's Land |
an area between trench lines that was barren and littered with shell craters |
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Woodrow Wilson |
president while WW1 was happening |
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Selective Service Act |
created drafts for people 21-30 |
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American Expeditionary Force (AEF) |
american version of the BEF which helped the war cause |
