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21 Cards in this Set
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TRENCH WARFARE
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Stalemate conflict between US and Germany in Europe, no man land inbetween
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TOTAL WAR
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Is a war in which all mobilization and resources and people are utilized.
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WOODROW WILSON
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President during WWi, got us involved in the war, 14 points
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SUBMARINES
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German used submarines to blockade all goods to Britain
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ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM
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German telegram to mexico intercepted it said they would help mexico get back US
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RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Russia under turmoil bc WWI, Russian are not under a monarchy, no tyranicality, democratic ruling, we can pair up with them!
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ARMISTICE, 1918
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Negotiation between Germany and US, leaders of nations met in Versilles, stop to fighting
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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Woodrow Wilson proposal within his 14 points, wanted to maintain world piece, established during the Paris Peace Conferecne.
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VERSAILLE TREATY
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Peace treaty at the end of WWi, ended the state of war between Germany and Allied Powers
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WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD
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Centralized agency for mobilizing war industry to manage production, Allocated resources, Coordinated flow of raw materials , Orderered conversion of factories to wartime production, Coordinated purchasing.
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RR WAR BOARD
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Took over coordination of RR. To help mobilize for war
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ESPIONAGE ACT
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A US fed law passed in 1917 right after entry to war, prohibited any attempt to interfere with military operations, or to support enemies during war
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SEDITION ACT
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1918, cant say bad things about government or its armed forces.
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J EDGAR HOOVER
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First director of The Federal Bureau of investigation (FBI!)
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FED BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
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FBI- agency of the US department of justace that serves as a fed criminal investigation and internal intelligence agency.
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PALMER RAIDS
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Attempted by the US department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists and anarchists from the US. November 2191 under palmer. Foreign citizens were deported.
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WAR SOCIALISM
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Equal power realtions, equality of people.
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anti-german crusade
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must speak english, no longer embraced german culture.
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WEB DU boise
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black writer, black leader, helped create the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people
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Garveyism
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Movement for african independence and black self reliance lagnched by marcus garvey, wanted black freedom, unliked by many black activists, got deported
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The Red scare
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Political intolerance social tensions and fears generated by the russian rev. raided offices of radicals throught the country, palmer raids during this time govt deported hundreds of immigrants. People were scared of communism and people against the goverment so everyone kept their mouth sut
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