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Franz Ferdinand Habsburg

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Arch Duke of Austra-Hungary, assassinated by terrorist in Bosnia

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Gavrilo Princip

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19 year old assassin who killed the Duke. Died of tuberculosis in prison

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Arthur Zimmermann

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Foreign Minister of Germany

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Bernard Baruch

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Leader of the War Industries Board

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Herbert C. Hoover

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Head of Food Administration Agency
Wanted americans to not eat bread and meat just 1 day a week
Told Americans to grow their own gardens

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Richard Schenck

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German-American who was charged with sedition for telling people to get out of the draft.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Created legal document of clear and present danger

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John J. Pershing

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Commander of AEF in Europe

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Alvin York

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Americas greatest WWI hero. From Tennessee, poor farmer, Was “born again”. Captures 300 germans. Awarded Medal of honor

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David Lloyd George

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Prime minister of U.K

wanted to punish Germany and was at the treaty of Versailles

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Georges Clemenceau

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Prime minister of France
Wanted to punish Germany
Was at treaty of Versailles

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Vittorio Orlando

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prime minister of Italy, at treaty of versailles, eventually leaves because he got fed up

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Henry Cabot Lodge

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Leader of Reservationist senate (people who will vote for treaty)
Republican senator from Mass.

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Triple Alliance

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

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Triple Entente

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UK, France, Russia

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Staying neutral and out of other countries wars

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neutrality

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People who don’t want their country to get involved with foreign affairs

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isolationists

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espionage

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Legal term for spying

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Deliberate destruction of war materials

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sabotage

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Organized attempt to influence public opinion, not always true

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propaganda

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doughboys

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Soldiers in WWI

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Area between trenches that soldiers rarely survived in.

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no-man’s land

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Cease fire that ended WWI. Nov. 11 War ended on teh 11th day on the 11th hour in the 11th month

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armistice

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Payments by a nation to another group of others as compensation for war damages

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reparations

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Fourteen Points

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Going to be a league of nations

Woodrow Wilsons list of proposals for creating a just and lasting peace

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Sarajevo

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Capital of Bosnia

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HMS Lusitania (Ship)

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British Cruise Ship from NY to London. German submarines fires torpedoes and sinks in under twenty minutes. Sailing on the coast of Ireland

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Treaty of Versailles

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Harsh treat
Germans have no say
Wilson wants to create peace with treaty
Really angered Germany

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Selective Service Act

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Draft because we needed 4 million men in the military

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Sedition Act

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Punish Americans that interfere with the war

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Causes of World War I (3)

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Imperialism, Nationalism, Military Alliances

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Weapons invented, perfected, or first used during WWI (6)

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  1. Airplanes
  2. Submarines
  3. Tanks
  4. Machine Guns
  5. Poisoned Gas
  6. Flame thrower
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Did most Americans support Wilson’s decision to remain neutral? Did they sympathize with either side?

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Yes, most supported the decision. They wanted Britain to win

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Main reason the United States declared war on Germany

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Andrew Zimmerman caused Germany and Mexico to start conspiring to divide up our country. He sent a telegraph and the UK showed the US.

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Method used by the U.S. to pay most of the war’s costs

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Selling bonds

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Functions of the War Industries Board (4)

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  1. manufacturing companies switch over from consumer to military production
  2. Allocate raw materials
  3. ensure goods are produced in correct quantities
  4. people encouraged to collect scrap metal
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Ways in which Americans were asked to conserve food and fuel (4)

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  1. One day a week dont eat bread
  2. One day a week dont eat meat
  3. Grow your own vegetables
  4. Dont heat your house one day a week
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Women in the workplace during and after the war

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Women took mens jobs (factories, mail carriers, barbers)

When men came home they took their jobs back but women didnt want to become housewives again

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Women in the U.S. military?

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Only allowed in the Navy

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Reason why thousands of African-Americans moved north during the war

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Racism, and because all the well paying factories were in the north.

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Unfortunate treatment of Germans and German-Americans during the war

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Schools refused to teach German 
Wouldnt play german composer music 
Took germen authors off book shelves 
changed name of germen foods 
German Americans lost jobs and got beat up
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Reasons why the German people resented the treaty that ended the war (4)

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  1. Germany has to take responsibility for the war
  2. Germany had to pay for the war
  3. Colonies taken away from German by British/Americans
  4. Part of their properties are taken
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Reason why Wilson did not compromise and make changes to the treaty

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Thought it was the best we could to and had to stick to to

Couldn’t make changes on own needed consent of British, French, Italians, which he wouldn’t have gotten

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