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4/7 Flashcards

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Lusitania

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British passenger liner sunk by a German u boat off the coast of Ireland. Killed 1800 people

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Gallipoli

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Ww1 battle when French and American tried to help Russia through Constantinople.

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Propaganda

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Ideas facts or roumours that deliberately one’s vision

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4
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Central powers

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Ww1 alliance with Germany Austria Hungary and Bulgaria and ottaman empire

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5
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Allied powers

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Alliance that included Britain France Russia and the US

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U boat

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German submarines

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Woodrow Wilson

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US president who warned Germany that the US would not tolerate submarine attacks

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8
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Arthur Zimmerman

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Sent a secret telegram to Germany to alliance with Mexico. The British saw this telegram and didn’t like it.

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9
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When dose the us declare war on Germany

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April 16 1917

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10
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When is armistice declared

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November 11 1918

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11
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What general chased poncho villa and led the US troops

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John black jack

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Vladimir Lenin

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Leader of the bolsheviks and a revolutionary scientist in the revolution. “Peace, bread, and land.”

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Armistice

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Agreement signed by leaders warring nations to stop fighting

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14
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Reperations

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Payment for war damages

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Fourteen points

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  • President Woodrow Wilson’s plan for a just world based on the allies aims to end ww1
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16
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Ferdinand Foch

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A French marshal who stopped the Germans at chateau Thierry

17
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Paris peace conference

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Meeting of victorious nations to write terms for the peace following Ww1

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League of Nations

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World organization formed after ww1 to maintain peace

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Treaty of Versailles

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Treaty between Germany and the allied powers at the end of ww1.

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Influenza pandemic

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Flu like epidemic that killed more than 20 million people worldwide during 1918 and 1919

21
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Who got assasinated in 1901

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Teddy Roosevelt

22
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How much money did it take to build the Panama Canal

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$10 million

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