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31 Cards in this Set
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Nationalism
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A devotion to the intrests and culture of one's nation
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Millitarism
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The development of armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy
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Allies
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Consited of France, Britian, and Russia, The triple _____ consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
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Centeral Powers
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An empire of mostly Middle Eastern lands controlled by the Turks
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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heir to the Austrian throne started the Civil War
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No Man's Land
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a barren expanse of mud pockmarked with shell craters and filled with barbed wire
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Trench Warfare
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which armies fought for mere yards of ground
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Lusitania
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a U-boat off the southern coast of ireland
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Zimmermann Note
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a telegram from the german foreign minister to the german embassador in mexico that was intercepted by british agents
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Eddie Rickenbacker
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famous fighter pilot of World war 1
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Selective service act
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requiered men to register witht he governament in order to be randomly selected for military service
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convoy system
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in which a heavy guard of destroyers escorted merchant ships back and forth across the atlantic in groups
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american expeditionary force
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included men from widely seperated parts of the country (doughboys)
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General john J. pershing
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led the american expeditionary force
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Alivin York
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became famous as one of america's greatest war heroes
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Conscientious objector
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a person who opposes warfare on moral grounds
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armistice
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truce that ended the war
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war industries board
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main regulatory body
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Bernard M. Baruch
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a prosperous businessman that helped establish the WIB
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Propaganda
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Twisting words
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George Creel
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The head of the CPI was a former muckraking journalist
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Espionage and Sedition Acts
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a person could be fined up to 10,000 and sentenced up to 20 years in jail for interfering witht he war effort or for saying anything disloyal
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Great Migration
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the large-scale movement of hundreds of thousands of southern blacks to cities in the north
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Fourteen Points
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the principles making up president woodrow wilson's plan for world peace following world war 1
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League of Nations
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an association of nations established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace
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Georges Clemenceau
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lived through two german invasionso of france and was determined to prevent future invasions
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David Lloyd George
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the british prime minister had just won reelection on the slogan "make germany pay"
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Treaty of Versailles
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established nine new nations
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Reparations
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War Damages
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War-guilt clause
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forced germany to admit sole responsibility for starting world war 1
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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were suspicious of the provision for joint economic and military action against aggresion
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