American Neutrality And The Great War Flashcards

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Central Powers

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Austro-Hungarian Empire, Turkey, Germany

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Allies

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Britain, France, and Russia

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U-boats

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Submarines

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Western front

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The war in France and Belgium

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Eastern Front

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The war in Russia and Hungary

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Trenches

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Ditches to protect soldiers

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Naval mines

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Floating bombs that go off when ships bump into them

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War zone

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Zone surrounding Britain in which Germany declared it would sink ships

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Kaiser

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German head of state

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Lusitania

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British passenger ship sunk by German submarine

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Sussex

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French passenger ferry torpedoed by a German Submarine

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Sussex pledge

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Assurance by Germany that it would not sink merchant ships without warning and won’t sink passenger ships at all

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Unrestricted submarine warfare

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German decision to sink all ships in the war zone around Britain

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Zimmermann telegram

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Note sent by a German leader proposing that Mexico Ally with Germany against the US. In return, Germany would help Mexico reclaim land in the southwestern US

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