World War I Flashcards

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This is the nickname given to fighters of the American expeditionary forces

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Dough boys

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This is the name for the act that resulted in the first national draft in the United States

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Selective service act

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This is a common wartime disease that was caused by what unsanitary trenches

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Trench foot

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This is the name of the group of African-American fighters in France

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369 regiment or hell fighters

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This is the general who headed the US AEF in France

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John Pershing

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This is the term for posters and campaigns convincing the US to join the war

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Propaganda

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The term for loans the people made to the US government

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Liberty bonds

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The group of workers that was exempt from the draft

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Ship workers

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The term for the organization I created propaganda and sponsored 4Minutemen

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Committee on public information

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The organization I was headed by Herbert Hoover and sponsor victory Gardens

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Food administration

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The law that banned any interference with the war movement

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Espionage act

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The law that banned any profane language for the army

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Sedition act

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The name of the movement of African-Americans to northern cities

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The great migration

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The name of the pacifist group that also supported the fight for women’s rights

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Women’s peace party

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The term used to determine that Schenck was guilty for handing out anti-draft pamphlets

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Clear and present danger

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Members of the big four

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League of Nations

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The country that was left out of negotiations

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Germany

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The term for payments own from damages in war (loser pays this)

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Reperations

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The name of the section of the treaty that blamed Germany for the war

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War guilt clause

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The size of the army that Germany was reduced to after the treaty

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100,000

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The organization Wilson wanted to create to regulate/solve international conflict

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France
Italy
Great Britain
US

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The term for the group that supported the treaty

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Internationalists

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The term for the group that supported the treaty with changes

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Reservationists

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The group that was opposed to the treaty altogether

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Irreconcilables

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The main reason that the Treaty of Versailles failed and Wilson’s dream died

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Partisanship

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Products such as coal and oil which countries often fight for control of

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Natural recourses

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Using military force to expand territory and power (and a cause of World War I)

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Imperialism

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The diplomacy of Woodrow Wilson

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Moral diplomacy

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Giving a country the right to decide at some government

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Self-determination

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The two ideas regarding the US approach to foreign-policy

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Realism vs. idealism