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45 Cards in this Set
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extending one's country's rule over many lands
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imperialism
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who was fighting for independance from spain?
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cuba
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why does the U.S. declare war in the spanish american war?
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spain sank the U.S ship the Maine
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who led the rough riders
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theodore roosevelt
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what did theodore roosevelt issue so that the U.S could go through the Panama Canal instead of going around
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big stick diplomacy
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who did theodore roosevelt give money to so that he could build the panama canal
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columbia
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germany-austria hungary-great britain-russia-italy-france
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the great powers
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germany-austria hungary-italy
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triple alliance
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france-russia-britain
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triple entente
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who supported serbia
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russia
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why was austria-hungary fighting
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for the slavic state
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who feared there was a connection between russia and serbia
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austria-hungary
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who did austria-hungary ask to back them
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germany
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germany gave a blank check-what does that mean
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full support
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what was germanys schlieffen plan
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2 front war
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the western from ended in a
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stalemate
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the end of the western front started _____
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trench warfare
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eastern front-austria hungary is defeated by who
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russia
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who betrayed germany and joined the allies
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italy
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why did the U.S enter the eastern front
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germany sank the U.S ship Lusitania
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who wanted to control an army but didnt know how
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czar nicholas II
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who led the bolsheviks into a communist revoltion by promising peace and land
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linen
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who led the reds to the a civil war and was victorious (red victory)
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leon trotsky
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why did the whites lose in the red victory
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they had no common goal
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end of WWI-what war did germans push back
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2nd battle of marne
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an agreement to end fighting
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armistice
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who made 14 points
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woodrow wilson
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us-france-britain
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big 3
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what conference was held at the end of WWI
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Paris Peace Conference
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open peace agreements-reducing arms-self determination
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some of woodrow wilsons 14 points
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who had to deal with guilt, pay reparations, & reduce their army
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germany
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-germans had to deal with guilt of the war
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treaty of versailles
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what halted the german advance
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an early winter and fierce soviet resistance
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when did japanese aircraft attack the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor
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dec. 7, 1941
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when did hitler declare war on the U.S
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4 days after pearl harbor
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when did hitler commit suicide
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april 30, 1945
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who landed on the Normandy beaches
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U.S general Dwight D. Eisenhower
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what decision did president harry s. truman make
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to use atomic weapons against japan
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what did hitler have that used panzar divisions supported by airplanes
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blitzkrieg
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what does blitzkrieg mean
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"lightning war"
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the mass slaughter of european civilians-especially jews
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holocaust
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in japan 15,ooo children were evacuatedfrom where before its destruction
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hiroshima
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what was a total war in which fighting was much more widespread and covered most of the world
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world war II
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young japanese were encouraged to volunteer to serve as what in suicide missions against U.S. fighting ships at sea
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pilots or kamikaze
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who declared that an iron curtain had descended across the continent of europe
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the former british prime minister Winston Churchill
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