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Chapter 8 Flashcards

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U.S. neutrality

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President Wilson & most Americans favored neutrality; got harder w/British blockade of Germany

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Eddie Rickenbacker

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famous race car driver who became a pilot

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doughboys

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name for U.S. soldiers b/c buttons resembled dough dumplings

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role of women in war

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radio operators, nurses, clerks–ALL volunteer–not drafted like the men

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Battle of the Marne

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Britain & France vs. Germany

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war bonds

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raised money to help pay for WWI

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victory garden

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encouraged people to grow own food by Food Administration

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Charles Evans Hughes

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1916 Republican presidential candidate

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submarines

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German U-boats

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Treaty of Versailles

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dealt harshly w/Germany–June 28, 1919

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Food Administration

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encouraged rationing & victory gardens to conserve food

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socialist view of war

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against it b/c thought it would only help the rich

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rationing

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eating less so it can be send overseas

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nationalism

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intense loyalty to a country or group

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who switched alliances

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Italy switched from Central Powers to Allies

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

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when Russia exited war–lost territory to Germany

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why Britain entered the war

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b/c Germany invaded Belgium–they had an alliance

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militarism

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culture created by European competition for colonies–build military strength to compete

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ESSAY–3 conditions Pres. Wilson demanded

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  1. Germany must accept Wilson’s plan for peace & promise not to renew fighting
  2. German troops must leave Belgium & France
  3. Wilson would only deal w/civilian leaders, not Germany military
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ESSAY: Choose 3 terms: nationalism, alliance system, neutrality, stalemate.

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Define AND explain how term connects to WWI.

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nationalism

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  • intense loyalty to a country or group
  • newly united nations like Italy & Germany
  • ethnic groups wanted to break away & demand own nations
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alliance system

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  • b/c nervous about military buildup
  • promise to help each other if attacked
  • Triple Alliance (bad guys)
  • Triple Entente (good guys)
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neutrality

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  • U.S. officially neutral, but people took sides
  • propaganda
  • trade w/both sides until British blockade of Germany
  • looked like U.S. picked a side b/c still traded w/Britian
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stalemate

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  • no one can win quickly & no progress made for months
  • 3 years of facing off from networks of trenches
  • no man’s land in middle
  • major offenses to try to break stalemate
  • –Battle of Verdun (German)
  • –Battle of the Somme (Allies)

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