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Midterm Part 2 Flashcards

World War 1

1
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Chief Minister of Prussia who wants a united Germany under Prussian leadership.

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Bismark

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The territories France lost in the Franco-Prussian War causing the unification of Germany

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Alsace and Loraine

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Alliance Bismark created with Italy and Austria-Hungary

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Triple Alliance

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Alliance Bismark created with Russia

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Reinsurance Treaty

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Alliance Bismark created with Britain

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Anglo-German Agreement

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Causes of WW1

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complex alliances, Germany’s 2 front war for coal and iron

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The plan to have German army conduct a wheeling motion into Belgium and Luxembourg and take France from behind.

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Schlieffen Plan (1905)

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Reasons for the failure of the Schlieffen Plan

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Put too many troops at French-German border, Did not lure french troops into Belgium causing Germany to break Belgium neutrality and upsetting G.B

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U.S plan to mobilize troops before a war started. Roosevelt embraced it and Wilson rejected it, wanting neutrality

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Preparedness

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10
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Program that trained soldiers and publicized preparedness

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Plattsburg Movement

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Secretary of War that oversaw Preparedness and drafted the National Defense Act. Was also a pacifist

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Newton D. Baker

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The act that increased the size of army to 175,000, established the ROTC, cut size of the general staff, and required national guard to take a federal oath.

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National Defense Act of 1916

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Causes for U.S entering WWI

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U.S wanted GB and France to win to be able to pay back loans. Sell arms to GB and the sinking of the Lusitania

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Ship that was sunk by Germany that was transporting weapons and passengers to GB that caused the United States to enter WWI

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Lusitania

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The note Germany gave to Mexico asking for their help and in return Mexico can take back their land from America

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Zimmerman Note

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the commander of the American Front who asked Wilson for 5 million troops in total throughout WWI.

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John J Pershing

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17
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The system used to get Pershing his men over to France, also causing there to be more black soldiers

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Conscription

18
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Oversaw the propaganda of the military

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George Creel

19
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the journalists that would give news on the war before movies, promoting the buying of war bonds

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The Four Minute-Men

20
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The term used for American soldiers serving in Europe due to them being physically stronger but poorly trained

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Doughboys

21
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The head of the War Industries Board which was in charge of mobilization. He gained control of raw materials and would order factories to produce tanks and guns and would cut off supplies if this did not happen. (Wolf of Wall Street)

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Benard Baruch

22
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Chief of Staff during WWI but was unorganized and could not make decisions, causing March to take his position

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Tasker Bliss

23
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The plan to have 28,000 men in Brigades of 4,700 allowing for the army to take heavy losses and still put up a good fight

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The Square Division

24
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The person who came up with continuous aim firing and greatly increased the war ships in the Navy, most importantly, Dreadnoughts

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William Sims

25
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created the convoy systems and implemented plan of putting mines in the ocean to destroy German subs

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Sims

26
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Escort system where merchant ships would be protected by warships and aircraft

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Convoy System

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Council with 2 representatives from different countries

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Supreme War Council

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The plan to put American soldiers in European armies

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Amalgamation

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Issues with Amalgamation that Pershing argued

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Duplication of staff, no professionalism in GB and French armies, Americans are more diverse and GB and French armies can start racism

30
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Final deal of Amalgamation

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If disaster, Americans will temporarily serve under Brits and French, but other than that Americans get own sector of battle field with their own army

31
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Created the Lafayette Esacadrille

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Raoul Lufbery

32
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The aviation unit that built 22,000 planes and consisted of volunteer pilots who fought for France before the U.S entered the war, which eventually got accumulated into the Air Corps

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Lafayette Esacadrille

33
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Head of aviation after Benny Foulois who advocated for strategic bombing

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Billy Mitchell

34
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The race car driver that was Pershing chauffeur who became the Great American Ace

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Eddie Rickenback

35
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The best American Pilot who got 18 kills in his first year

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Frank Luke

36
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Riots in Camp Logan which started from a black man getting arrested causing the death of 2 black soldiers and 17 civilians, and after 20 executions (Did not get permission from Judge or President)

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Houston Riots

37
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Where Black officers were trained for one year before the school was shut down

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Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa

38
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The 2,000 black soldiers who were given 250 rifles and assigned to Spartanburg, SC, to train but encountered lots of racism

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Harlem Hellfighters

39
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A black soldier who killed 4 and wounded 30 Germans with a rifle and knife while on a scouting mission to save his friend. He received the medal of honor.

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Henry Johnson

40
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The 1st battle in the war for American troops planned by George C Marshall

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Battle of Cantigny

41
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The battle that showed how tough the American military was, causing it to be the hardest battle for the Germans to fight. Gave the Marine Corps huge recognition

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Battle at Belleau Wood

42
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Replaced Pershing as head commander of the military who stopped fighting for 2 weeks to get soldiers rested and fed before the final push on the Muese River

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Hunter Liggett

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