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When did A-H declare war on Serbia?
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July 28, 1914
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When did Germany declare war on Russia?
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August 1, 1914
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Schlieffen Plan
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attack France, then Russia
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What is no mans land
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area between the trenches
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When did the Ottoman empire join the central powers?
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End of 1914
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When did italy join the allies?
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Spring of 1915
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Battle of Somme
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-1916
-20,000 deaths for british in one day |
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British naval blockade
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starved germans
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how many U.S were generation immigrants?
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1/3 of 92 million people in US
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Richard Harding Davis
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reporter for new york trubune
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US trade
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Was increasing but u boats and naval blockade making investments at rick
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Woodrow Wilson made US a neutral country
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August 4, 1914
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Preparedness
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be prepared just in case
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transatlantic cable
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cut by British, between US and germany, all views one-sided
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Lusitania sank
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May 7, 1915
-128 americans on board died |
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When did the Sussex sink?
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March 24, 1916
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Loans
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given to allies from US bankers
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Election of 1916
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Wilson won narrow
-slogan: "He kept us out of war" -ran agains Charles Evans Hughes |
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When did Germany violate the sussex pledge?
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February 1, 1917
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When did the US break off diplomatic relations with Germany?
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February 3, 1917
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When did the US delcare war?
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April 6, 1917
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what is the AEF?
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American Expeditionary Force
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Highest general for US?
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John J. Pershing
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Women
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Began serving in the war and also served in jobs at home in place of men in war
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Harlem Hell Fighters
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369th Infantry Regiment
-persuaded officers to loan them to french army |
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When did russia back out of the war?
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March 3, 1918
-lenin took over |
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Americans save paris
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turn tide of war
General James G. Herbord |
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battle of St. Mihiel
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made germans retreat
started using tanks General Pershing |
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Corporal Alvin York
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Brave, killed 25 machine gunners by himself and captured 132 germans
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Armistice
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cease-fire
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Liberty Bonds
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special bonds sold to support the allied cause
-McAddo -boy and girl scouts |
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Dollar a year men and women
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worked for a token salary
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War Industries Board
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controled raw materials, told manufacturers what and how much to produce, and fixed prices
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War Trade Board
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liscensed foreign trade and punished firms suspected in dealing with the enemy
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Nation War Labor Board
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April 1918
-settle labor disputes that might damage war effort |
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Lever Food and Fuel Control Act
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Price controls
rationing increase agricultural output and reduce waste SAVE FOOD Herbert Hoover |
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Daylight saving time
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turning clocks ahead one hour for the summer
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Sedition Act
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illegal to obstruct the sale of liberty bonds or talk bad about anything in the government or constitution
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Espionage Act
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Illegal to interfere with draft
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Vigilantes
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take law into own hands
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Fourteen Points
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-open communication internationally
-no trade barriers -Self determination |
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When was the treaty of versailles held?
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January 1919
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Who was the only rep. Wilson took?
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Henery White
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Treaty of Versailles
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-Allies wanted to split up Germanys colonies
-France wanted germany destroyed |
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League of Nations
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an organization in which the nations of the world would join together to ensure security and peace for all members
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Big Four
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US, France, Britain, Italy
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Self determination
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created Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia
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Versailles Treaty
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Signed June 28, 1919
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Wilson
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Had stroke, US never signed peace treaty
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When did congress vote to declare the war officially over?
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July 2, 1921
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