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33 Cards in this Set
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Causes of WW1 (& know what each word means) |
militarism, alliance system, imperialism, nationalism, assassination |
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neutral |
staying out of a war, not taking sides |
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Reasons the US joined the war in Europe |
unrestricted submarine warfare, Zimmerman note, financial reasons |
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President during WW1 |
Woodrow Wilson |
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what does homefront mean |
efforts in the U.S. while the war was being fought overseas |
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what is propaganda |
posters, radio or newspaper ads to gain support for the war effort |
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moral reason for joining the war |
to keep the war safe for democracy |
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weapons used in WW1 |
tanks, airplanes, machine guns, submarines, poison gas |
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Central powers |
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria |
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Allied powers |
Great Britain, France, Russia, United States |
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What was the spark that started the war? |
assassination of Franz Ferdinand |
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Zimmerman note |
urged Mexico to attack the United States |
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What is important about the sinking of the Lusitania |
Germany was continuing to violate neutrality in the seas |
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What was WW1 called while it was being fought |
the Great War |
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What side did the U.S. join |
allied powers |
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conditions in the trenches |
dirty, muddy, dead bodies piled up, lice, no running water/bathrooms |
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no man's land |
the area in between the trenches |
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winner of WW1 |
allied powers |
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purpose of the 14 points plan |
make it so no wars were ever fought again |
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German u-boat |
German submarine |
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efforts on the homefront |
planting gardens, war bonds, saving electricity, women working in factories |
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Veteran's Day |
the day that marks the end of WW1 |
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who came up with the idea of the 14 points plan |
Woodrow Wilson |
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purpose of the Treaty of Versailles |
punish Germany for the entire war, and left Germany very bitter & resentful |
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armistice |
end of fighting/peace |
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correct order of events |
assassination, war begins, US joins the War, Treaty of Versailles |
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two fronts |
two main places of fighting on each side of Germany |
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while WW1 was going on, what was killing people around the world |
spanish influenza outbreak |
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results of WW1 |
worst war the world had seen, Europe's borders were changed, Germany falls into an economic depression |
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which country left the war early |
Russia |
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which country was blamed for the war |
Germany |
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how does the peace treaty in World War 1 lead to World War 2 |
Germany was resentful & bitter because they were blamed for the war |
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purpose of the 14 points plan |
to make a peaceful world after the war |
