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47 Cards in this Set
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Zimmermann telegram
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telegram sent to mexico that was intercepted by the british and givin to the americans
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Battle of Jutland
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a major naval battle between the british and the germans
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Battle of the Somme
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Allied forces attempted to break through the German lines along a 95-mile (40 km) front north and south of the River Somme in northern France. One purpose of the battle was to draw German forces away from the Battle of Verdun;
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Battle of Verdun
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The Battle of Verdun is considered the greatest and lengthiest in world history. had something to do with the French stopping the germans
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Sussex Pledge
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in march 1916 a french passenger ship was torpedoed. germany did not want to bring the US into the war so they promised to sink no more merchant ships without warning. this was referred to as the ________.
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Black Hand
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a Serbian terrorist group who assisnated archduke ferdinand
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espionage
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identify the term to describe one involved in spying to acquire secret government information
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Liberty Bonds
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The government borrowed more then 20 billion dollars by selling ________
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Modified Schlieffen Plan
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identify the name of the german plan whose purpose was to take france out of the war in 6 weeks
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Nationalism
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identify the term which involved the promotion of ones culture and interests above those of other countries.. each nation felt they were in competition with the others.. war becomes an option to expand ones nation at the expenses of another
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Self determination
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identify the term stands for the right of people in a common culture having their own country
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National War Labor Board
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identify the board who frequently pressured industry to grant important concessions such as: increase wages, eight hour work day, and right for unions to organize and collectively bargain
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Espionage Act of 1917
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identify the congressional legislation passed to fight antiwar activities or enemies at home
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John Pershing
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Wilson responded by sending 6000 troops under him across the border to find and capture villa
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poncho villa
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identify the Mexican revolutionary opposed to carranza who led raid into the US hoping to force Wilson to intervene in mexico…. this person destroyed American property and killed a number of americans
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Porfirio Diaz
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identify the person whose 27 year dictatorship of mexico ended in 1911
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Victoriano Huerta
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identify the person who seized power in mexico shortly before Wilson was elected. he used brutality to strengthen his controll
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Bernard Baruch
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placed in charge of the war industry board
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Lenin
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identify the persn who is most responsible for takingt Russia out of WWI
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Clemenceau
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identify the french representative at the treaty of paris conference
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David Lloyd George
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identify the english representative at the treaty of paris conference
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Orlando
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identify the Italian representative at the treaty of paris conference
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J. Edgar Hoover
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he was in charge of the general intelligence division which would be known FBI
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Harry Garfield
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led the fuel administration
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Herbert Hoover
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was in charge of the food administration
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“Hooverize”
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had to do with something about consuming food less such as meatless mondays
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Selective Service Act
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this was the draft
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Sedition Act of 1918
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was the one with the espionage act that had the same purpose
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War Industries Board
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identify the board whose responsibility was to coordinate the production of war materials
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Committee of Public Information
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identify the board responsible for selling the war to the people
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local draft board
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identify the group placed in charge of selecting or rejecting men for military service
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Fuel Administration
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to manage the nations use of coal and oil and introduced daylight savings time and a shortened work week that did not make war materials
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Food Administration
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identify the board which encouraged victory gardensnd
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Treaty of Brest Litovsk
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identify the treaty which took Russia out of WWI
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Red Scare
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identify the term which grew out of a fear that as labor strikes spread in the US it would provide opportunity for communist to seize power nationwide
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Boston Police Strike
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identify the strike which was immdediately followed by rioting and looting and forced governor calvin Coolidge to send in the national guard
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cause of inflation on the United States after the war
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People raced to buy rationed goods, meanwhile businesses rapidly raised prices that they had been forced to keep low during the war. This lead to rapid inflation
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cause of inflation on the United States after the war
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-workers wanted higher wages to keep up with inflation, but companies wanted to hold down wages because inflation was also driving up their operating costs
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cause of inflation on the United States after the war
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-many business leaders were determined to break the power of unions and roll back the gains labor had made
thousands of strikes by the end of 1919 |
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Wilson’s POINT 1
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open peace treaties with no secret agreements among nations
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Wilson’s POINT 2
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free seas for trade, with exceptions for enforcements of agreements between nations
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WILSON'S POINT 3
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removal of tariffs
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WILSON'S POINT 4
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armies made small as needed for adequate defense of the nation
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WILSON'S POINT 5
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a review of the colonial status of nations, and their mother countries
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List the events involving Germany’s use of the U-boats during the war
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–sinking the passenger liner Lusitania in May 1915, killing 1,198, including 128 Americans
-Sussex, a Channel ferry, to torpedoing and the loss of another fifty passengers, including 2 more Americans. |
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List the events involving Germany’s use of the U-boats during the war
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Allied ships were torpedoed within sight of Nantucket Island. Only a few days before the 1916 election.
-a U-boat sank the British liner Mariana (six Americans died) |
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List the events involving Germany’s use of the U-boats during the war
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-In an act of astounding recklessness, the Germans sank the Lanao, a U.S.- chartered vessel, off Portugal.
-resumption of the de facto policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, seven more merchantmen went down |