History quiz 19 Flashcards

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The Great War

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In 1914-1918, It happened because Fereninand’s assassination, Militarism, Allances, Imperialism, and Nationalism (MAIN)

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The Central Powers

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Germany and Austria

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Allies

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France, Britain, and Russia

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Mexican Muddle

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The situation in Mexico during the war fighting for leadership

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Porfirio Diaz

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A dictator who ruled Mexico with an iron fist toward his opposition and a open palm toward foreign investors

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General Victoriano Huerta

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A military commander who murdered President Madero

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Pancho Villa

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Huetra’s challenger and Wilson began supplying weapons

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John Pershing

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Wilson sent to pursue Mexico to capture Pancho Villa

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Kaiser Wilhelm II

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King of germany who asked neutral Belgium for permission to pass through its country in the event of a war with France and eventually declared war on france

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Lusitania

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The British ship left New York with some Americans aboard and Germans sank the ship

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“Sussex Pledge”

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Resisted Germany’s promise to follow international law

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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

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Tactic used by Germany to sink any ship without warning, including neutral vessels

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The Zimmermann telegram

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Message from Germany sent to Mexico offering help to that nation to reconquer Texas

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America Entering war

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Congress voted to declare war on Germany, so Wilson signed the declaration to declare war

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Selective Service Act

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Required all men ages 21-30 to register for the draft

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Herbert Hoover

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Leader of the Food Administration when there was a need for food supply for American forces

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Espionage and Sedition Acts

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Made it a criminal offense to criticize the war effort

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Fourteen Points

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Proposed freedom of the seas, an end to secret treaties, and reduction of every nations military

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League of Nations

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Urged the formation of “a general association of nations”

17
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Argonne offensive

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The largest american effort in the costliest military campaigns in history

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Armistice

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On November 11, 1918, the war was over

19
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“Big Four”

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President Wilson, French’s Premier Geroges Clmenceau, Italy’s Premier Vitorio Orlanfo, and Britain’s Prime Minister David Lloyd

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Reparation Payments

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The Allies made Germany pay for its actions