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17 Cards in this Set
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schliefflen plan
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Germany's plan for winning the war on two fronts
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allies
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Great Britain , France , Russia , and other nations who fought on their sides
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central power
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Germany , Austria-Hungary, and other nations who fought on their sides
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trench warfare
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fighting from trenches dug in the battlefield
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western front
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region of norther France where much fighting took place
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eastern front
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region along German-Russian boarder where much fighting took place
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unrestricted submarine warfare
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using submarines to sink any ship without warning
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total war
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war in which countries use all their resources for the war
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rationing
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control of the amounts and kinds of goods people can have
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propaganda
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one-sided information designed to persuade
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armistice
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agreement to stop fighting
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Woodrow Wilson
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president who proposed the Fourteen Point and represented the United States at Versailles
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Georges Clemenceau
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France's premier and delegate at Versailles
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fourteen points
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plan for a just and lasting peace
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self-determination
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allowing people to deice for themselves about what kind of government they want
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treaty of versailles
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agreement at the end of World War I between Germany and the Allied Power
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league of nations
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international group with the goal of keeping peace among nations
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