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Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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June 28, 1914 was killed by a Serbian man

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The Great War

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Another name for World War I / War to end all wars

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Alliance

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An agreement between two or more countries in order to help each other

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Allied Powers

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Serbia, France, Belgium, Russia, and Great Britain

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Central Powers

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire

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Woodrow Wilson

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U.S. President during World War I

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Lusitania

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May 7, 1915 a German submarine sank the Lusitania killing 128 Americans civilians

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Zimmermann Telegram

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Was sent to Mexico from Germany asking Mexico to join the war

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April 1917

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U.S. enters World War I on the side of the Allies

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Selective Service Act

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Men aged 21-31 had to sign up to the military service

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Armistice

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November 11, 1918 the Germans agreed to Cease-fire

Truce, (stop fighting) signed on November 11, at 11:00 in 1918

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Treaty of Versailles

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Made Germany accept blame for the war and pay the allies $33 billion dollars war reparations

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Militarism

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Aggressive strengthening of a country’s armed forces

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Imperialism

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A system of building an empire by conquering lands around the world

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Nationalism

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A strong sense of pride and loyalty to one’s nation or culture

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Mobilize

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Country prepares its military for war

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Western Front

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Stretched from the North Sea all the way to Switzerland

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Eastern Front

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Reached from the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea

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Trench Warfare

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Defending a position by fighting from the protection of deep ditches

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No-man’s-land

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Empty patch of ground between enemy trenches

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Stalemate

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A situation in which neither side can win a decisive victory

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U-boats

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Submarine

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Committee on Public Information

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It organized rallies and parades and published and pamphlets to supports the war

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Espionage Act of 1917

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Restricted free speech and allowed the government to arrest opponents of the war

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Liberty Bonds

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Provided billions of dollars in loans to the Allies

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War Industries Board

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Oversaw the production and distribution of steel, copper, cement, and rubber

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Jeanette Rankin

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One of the few members of Congress to vote AGAINST war

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National War Labor Board

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Helped workers and management avoid strikes and reach agreements, established a minimum wage, and limited work hours

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Sussex Pledge

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Germany would not attack merchant ships without warning

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American Expeditionary Force (AEF)

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U.S. Troops that joined the French and British troops

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General John J. Pershing

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Leader of the AEF

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Communists

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People who favor the equal distribution of wealth and the end of all forms of private property

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Czar

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Russia’s Emperor (leader)

Russia dropped out of the war - March, 1918

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What conditions led to the Russian pullout from the war?

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  • Around 8 million Russians were killed/wounded
  • Food/Hunger riots
  • Soldiers were deserting the Eastern Front
  • New communist government
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Germans moved soldiers from the _________ front to the _________ front

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Eastern; Western

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__________ Germans dead / ___________ British and French dead

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250,000; 133,000

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American troops stop ________ advance and protected _________

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German; Paris

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Name the Soldier who came from Tennessee and killed 25 soldiers, captured 132 soldiers. He won the Congressional Medal of Honor and had a movie where his life story was the basis for the movie.

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Alvin York

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Harlem Hellfighters

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All African-American infantry that spent 191 days in combat and they won the “Cross of War” medal from France

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Convoy

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Military ships escorted allied merchant ships for protection

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Strategy

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A plan for fighting a battle or war

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Food shortages in Germany

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  • 800 starve a day
  • Germany runs out of soldiers
  • Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary quit war (Central Powers)
  • German leader Kaiser Wilhem II gives up throne and flees Germany

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