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effectively established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport and sale of alcohol illegal

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18th Amendment

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powers of France, Britain, and Russia

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Allied Power

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this is how the US entered the war instead of formally part of the powers

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Associated powers

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One of the objectives of the Treaty of Versailles, the main post-WWI treaty, was to abolish the dominance of concept and replace it with the League of Nations

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Balance of Power

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many wanted to lay claim to the Balkan territory

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Balkan Powder Keg

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large German artillery gun

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Big Bertha

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Wilson (US), Orlando (Italy), Lloyd George (Britain), and Clemenceau (France)

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Big Four

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headed by George Cree; Americas Propaganda Minister; promoted Antigermanism; have many 4-Minute Men who would give 4 minute speeches at a drop of a hat; it became dangerous to play German music, German is outlawed as foreign language in school, sour krout is renamed liberty cabbage

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Committee on Public Information

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loading war supplies onto passenger ships to get supplies in without ships being sunk; done by Europe to avoid Germans sinking their supplies

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Convoy system

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part of the Council of Four for Britain

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David Lloyd George

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when fighter planes got into air battles with one another

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Dogfights

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nickname for US soldiers (long)

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Doughboys

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Wilson runs for Democratic candidate and wins; ‘Wilson has kept us out of the war’; Charles Evans Hughs Republican candidate takes Roosevelt stand, wanting to go to war; he reunites Republican Party

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Election of 1916

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1917; forbade actions that obstructed recruitment or efforts to support insubordination in the military; required Post Master to remove Leftist material from the mail

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Espionage Act

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one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World; several times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States

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Eugene Debs

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September 7, 1914; 5 days; Germany is pushed back; 250,000 lives lost

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First Battle of the Marne

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made by Woodrow Wilson; included no more secret agreements, an end to all economic barriers between countries, free navigation to all seas, all Italians should be able to live in Italy, etc; the MOST important point is a League of Nations should be set up to guarantee the political and territorial independence of all states

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Fourteen Points

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Archduke of Austria and heir to the Austrian Throne was assassinated by Black Hand member Gavrilo along with his wife

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Franz Ferdinand

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also known as Black Jack Pershing; he usually was over African American units

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John J. Pershing

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headed Committee for Public Information; Americas Propaganda Minister; promoted Antigermanism

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George Creel

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part of the Council of Four for France

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Georges Clemenceau

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chair of Senate Foreign Relations Committee; republican

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Henry Cabot Lodge

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ran Food Administration

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Herbert Hoover

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global disease that killed over 700,000 Americas; also known as Spanish Flu because the King of Spain got sick

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Influenza

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is an international industrial union that was formed in 1905; one of the founding members is Eugene Debs

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International Workers of the World

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US Senators who opposed the treaty and wanted the US to remain isolated

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Irreconcilables

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ruler of Russia who was overthrown, causing Russia to pull out of WWI

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Kaiser Wilhelm II

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was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War; was the first international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace

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League of Nations

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five drives raises 21billion dollars; they have celebrity spokespeople (Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, etc,)

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Liberty Bonds

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English passenger ship sunk by German U-Boats

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Listuania

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one of the new weapons in WWI; not always very effective; hardly ever lethal, but can cause mutilations

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Poison Gas

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starts August 2nd; once in motion, extremely difficult to stop; to catch France off guard, swing through Paris and attack Paris from behind; Belgium must give Germany free passage, but Belgium refuses; August 3 Germany declares war on France and August 4 invaded Belgium; Britain declared war on Germany

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Schlieffen Plan

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1918 said it was a crime to speak against purchase of war bonds, the government, constitution, army, or war time production

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Sedition Act

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requires all young men between 21 and 30 apply for the draft

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Selective Service Act

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Eugene Debs ran for office in this party; Schenck vs. US 1919, Schenck is a socialist

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Socialist Party

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strongly supported the Allies and demanded a harsher policy against Germany, especially regarding submarine warfare. Roosevelt angrily denounced the foreign policy of President Wilson, calling it a failure regarding the atrocities in Belgium and the violations of American rights

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Theodore Roosevelt

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a belligerent engages in the complete mobilization of all available resources and population

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Total war

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meeting in Hall of Mirrors 1919; treaty is signed; only four of Wilson’s fourteen points get it; Germany loses its military and its colonies, and has to make HUGE reparations to allies; France receives Alsace-Lorraine; Rhineland is demilitarized; most of East Germany becomes Poland

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Treaty of Versailles

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causes major stalemate

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Trench warfare

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France, Great Britain, Russian

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Triple Entente

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May 1, 1915 German Embassy placed ad in American Newspapers saying to stay off French and British ships, especially the Lusitania; Lusitania sunk in May 7; Series of strongly worded notes saying that Germany must stop the submarine warfare; in August 1915, another passenger ship is sunk; US is sending stronger notes; Germany says no more boat sinking; a year later they sink another ship; Germany warned that if they don’t stop, America will break all ties with Germans

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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

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part of the Council of Four for Italy

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Vittorio Orlando

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communist leader who pulled Russia from war after taking over

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Vladimir Lenin

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led by Bernard Baruch contracts for military supplies; make sure money isn’t wasted

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War Industries Board

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election of 1916; he runs for Democratic candidate and wins; ‘(he) has kept us out of the war’; tries to get Allies to accept peace without victory; Says we will only negotiate peace without victory; part of the Council of Four for US; very popular in Europe; created the fourteen points

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Woodrow Wilson

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a secret German note that urged Mexico to join the Central Powers if America entered the war; intercepted by Britain and sent to America; between Mexico and Germany saying that if US should enter war, Mexico should make war on US and they will gain three states; everywhere in the press

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Zimmerman Note

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