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Height of WW1 Flashcards

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Lusitania

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British passenger ship with american citizens on them in England

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how many americans on board

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about 128

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what happened to the ship

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it was sunk by the germans

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was this publicized

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yes very much so

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how did america feel about it

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angered everyone; wilson thought that it was a bad things that happened but we didn’t go to war because we weren’t ready

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when was the ship sunk

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May 7, 1915

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what the did Germans continue to do

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sink ships

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what other ship did they sink

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the Sussex

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what occurred after the sinking of the Sussex

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Sussex pledge

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what was the Sussex pledge

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them saying that they would never do anything like that again

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did the Germans stink to their word

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no they did not

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what were their reasons for the sinking

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they thought that they all carried contraband

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what were the reasons that the US finally entered the war

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Germany resumed unrestricted sub warfare/
Zimmerman note/
Russian Revolution

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what was the Zimmerman note

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when Arthur Zimmerman sent a telegram to Mexico asking them to help them with their battle against the U.S.; said that with a win they would get all their land back form before

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what land would Mexico get back

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texas, New Mexico, Arizona

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how was the Zimmerman note made public

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it was intercepted by the British and the news spread

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what did Mexico say to the telegram

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they said no because they were just getting out of a war and did not want to get involved in anything else

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what was the Russian Revolution

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when Russia backed down because of all their stuff that was going on; it was a revolution that ended centuries of imperial rule and set political and social changes in motion which led to the uprising of the Soviet Union

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how did the US get ordinary people involved in the war

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used propaganda

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where did the US get the money needed for war

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liberty bonds

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what is a liberty bond

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a bond that people could by to help support eh government and country in war

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how did we get fighters

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the draft

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what was the war industries board

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Established in July 1917, to coordinate the production of war materials

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what was the American Expeditionary force

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started by john J. Pershing; was formed prior to the entry into the war; its purpose was to preserve France’s freedom because back in 1775 they had our backs

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what were some of the new weapons

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poison gas, tanks, gas masks, zeppelins, aircrafts, barbed wired U boats (underwater),

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what is a zeppelin

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a blimp

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what were conditions like for soldiers during world war 1

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trench warfare (used for the first time then); conditions were not pleasant. Were faced with mud, rain, lice, everything under the sun that you would not want to see

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what is an armistice

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an agreement to cease fire and stop fighting

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when was the armistice

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november 11, 1918

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where was the armistice signed

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in a train box car signed on the 11 month, 11th day, at the 11th hour

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militarism

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the aggressive build up of armed forces to intimidate and threaten other nations

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nationalism

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feeling of intense pride in ones homeland

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propoganda

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information designed to influence opinion

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contraband

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good prohibited from shipment to Germany and its allies

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who was in the triple alliance

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Germany, austria Hungary, Italy

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who was in the triple entente

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England, France, russia

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victory gardens

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gardens that people would grow in response to the slogan, “food will win the war–don’t waste it

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national war labor board

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a government established board to prevent strikers from disrupting the war effort

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committee on public information

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a group that Wilson created to “sell” the war to people

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espionage

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spying to acquire government information

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selective service

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draft that all men between 21 and 30 had to register

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no mans land

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the space between opposing trenches

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convoy

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groups consisting of merchant ships and troop transports

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John J. Pershing

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commander of the American Expeditionary force

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national self determination

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the idea that borders of the countries should be based on ethnicity and national identity

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league of nations

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help preserve peace by pledging to respect and protect each other’s territory and political independence

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reparations

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monetary compensation for all of the war damage it had caused

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