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23 Cards in this Set
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Conscription
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military draft
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Mobilization
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the process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war
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Propaganda
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ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause
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Tranch Warfare
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fighting from ditches protected by barbed wire, as in World War I
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War of Attrition
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a war based on waering the other side down by constant attackes and heavy losses, such as World War I
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Total War
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a war that involves the complete mobilization of resources and people, affecting the lives of all citizens in the warring countries, even those remote from the battlefields
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Planned Economies
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an economis system directed by government agencies
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Soviets
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a Russian council composed of representatives from the workers and soldiers
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War Communism
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in World War I Russia, government control of banks and most industries, the seizing of grain from peasants, and the centralization of state administration under Communist control
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Armistice
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a truce agreement to end fighting
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Reparation
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payment made to the vostors by the vanquished to cover the costs of a war
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Mandate
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a nation governed by another nation on behalf of the League of Nations
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Mandate
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a nation governed by another nation on behalf of the League of Nations
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Conscription
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military draft
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Mobilization
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the process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war
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Propaganda
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ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause
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Tranch Warfare
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fighting from ditches protected by barbed wire, as in World War I
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War of Attrition
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a war based on waering the other side down by constant attackes and heavy losses, such as World War I
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Total War
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a war that involves the complete mobilization of resources and people, affecting the lives of all citizens in the warring countries, even those remote from the battlefields
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Planned Economies
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an economis system directed by government agencies
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Soviets
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a Russian council composed of representatives from the workers and soldiers
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War Communism
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in World War I Russia, government control of banks and most industries, the seizing of grain from peasants, and the centralization of state administration under Communist control
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Armistice
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a truce agreement to end fighting
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