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First war to be fought on a global scale ; 1914-1918 ; 5,000,000 casualties

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WW1

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His assassination started WWI ; shot and killed by Serbian Terrorist

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Archduke Ferdinand

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Undersea boat or submarine used first by Germany in 1915

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U-boat

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British luxury liner ; one of the first victims of submarine warfare , sailed out of NY

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Lusitania

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Message from Germany to Mexico intercepted by Britain ; promised Mexico land from New Mexico , Texas , Arizona in return for helping them in war

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Zimmerman note

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U.s. Set up the selective service act requiring all able bodied men from 21-30 to register in the draft ; lack of soldiers at the time

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The draft

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Established in u.s. In 1917 to regulate prices and industrial production ; American factories switched to war-time production

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War industries board

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Provided punishment for traitors

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Espionage act

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Poison gas , machine guns , flame throwers , hand grenades , tanks , etc.

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New weapons

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Commander of the American expeditionary force

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General John Pershing

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A group of communist radicals led by Vladimir Lenin

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Bolsheviks

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Pulled Russia out of the war and signed a armistice (cease fire) with Germany ; overthrew the personal government and established a communist dictatorship

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Vladimir Lenin

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Speech calls for world peace ; 14 points

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President Wilson

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Nov 11 , 1918 ; Germany out down their guns and stopped fire

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Armistice day/veterans day

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President Wilson ; prime minister David Lloyd George of England ; premier Georges Clemenceau of France ; prime minister vittorio Orlando of Italy

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The “big four”

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A series of compromises approved the League of Nations ; Germany looses territory ; Germans military was downsized ; Germany had to lag reparations and admit guilt

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Treaty of Versailles

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Organized a communist party in America in 1919 ; a terrorist organization dedicated to worldwide revolution

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Third international

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Nickname for communist

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Reds

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Federal bureau of investigation founded by j Edgar Hoover

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FBI

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Rise of technology , entertainment , women , new goods and services , and literature in America ; ended with the economic crash in 1929

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The roaring twenties

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Faster way of production ; Henry ford mass production

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Assembly line

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Car ; ten seconds ; first type of car to be made on an assembly line

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Model t

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Auto = car ; no other invention has had such great impact on average citizen

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The auto

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Became available throughout the nation

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Electricity

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Because the first national radio network in 1927

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National broadcasting company

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Theatre district known as Broadway ; became world center for banking , the arts , international trade

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New York

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Location of the giant film industry ; first talking movie 1927

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Hollywood

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National association for the advancement of colored people , 1909 founded by w.e.b. Dubois to oppose discrimination

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NAACP

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Most notorious “gangster” called Scarface ; was named public enemy number 1 by FBI

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Al Capone

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German liberal theology denying biblical truths

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Modernism

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Baseball player turned evangelist who preached to an estimated 100 million people

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Billy Sunday

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Prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages

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18th amendment

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Guaranteed all American women the right to vote , women’s suffrage

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19th amendment

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Scopes , substitute teacher , taught evolution in class and war charged w breaking law ; William Jennings Bryan defended the bible and won the case against evolution

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John “scopes trial”

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