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Mobilization

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assembling military troops and weapons for war

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Gavrillo Princip

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assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Franz Ferdinand

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assassination led to Austria-Hungary’s declaration of war against Serbia

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Militarism

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belief that a country should have a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote its interests

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Arms Race

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increase size and quality of military resources to gain political power over another country

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Triple Alliance

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. Ended during the war

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Triple Entente

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association between Great Britain, France, and Russia

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Central Powers

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire

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Allied Powers

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Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union

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Trench Warfare

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fight from tunnels dug in the ground in order to defend and attack

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Stalemate

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a situation in which neither side in an argument or contest can win or in which no progress is possible

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Victory Gardens

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provided American citizens an opportunity to assist with the war effort, encouraged to produce their own food

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Propaganda

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biased information used to promote political cause or point of view

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Armistice

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truce; made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time

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Sussex Pledge

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germans would not sink passenger ships without warning during ww1

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Woodrow Wilson

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28th president; changed the nation’s economic policies and led the United States into World War I in 1917

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Censorship

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the suppression of words, images, or ideas that are “offensive towards the government

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Blockade

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sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving

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Lusitania

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sunk by a German torpedo

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Fourteen Points

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used for peace negotiations in order to end WW1

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Espionage Act

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crime to interfere with the U.S army or promote enemy success

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Isolationism

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national policy of avoiding political or economic entanglements with other countries

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US Policy of Neutrality

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illegal for Americans to sell or transport arms, or other war materials to belligerent nations

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Big Four

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Britain, France, U.S and italy, negotiate the versallie treaty

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Treaty of Versailles

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formally ended the war; Germany pay financial reparations, disarm, lose territory, and give up all of its overseas colonies

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Bolsheviks

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Selective Service Act (1917)

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Federal Government temporarily expanded the military through conscription

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Zimmerman Note (1917)

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a coded message sent to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the United States

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National Defense Act (1916)

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expanded federal powers and funding for gov and a fair price

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Battle of the Argonne Forest

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goal of reaching the railroad junction as Sedan

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War Industries Board (WIB)

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coordinate the purchase of war supplies between the War Department and the Navy Department

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Causes of World War One (MAINE)

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Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism And Nationalism

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Battle of the Somme

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British and French forces victory over the Germans on the western front

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Sedition Act

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illegal to ‘write, print, utter or publish any false, scandalous and malicious writing’ against the government

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Paris Peace Conference (1918)

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establish the terms of the peace after World War

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League of Nations

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worldwide intergovernmental organisation to maintain world peace

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“No Man’s Land”

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ground between the front lines or trenches of two opposing armies

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Weapons of World War One

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Machine guns, flame thrower, mustard gas, grenades, and artillery

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“National Self Determination”

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national governmental institutions opposed to colonialism and imperialism

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November 11, 1918

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armistice (on the western front) between Germany and the Allies was the first step to ending World War I

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Russian Revolution (1917)

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Russia abolished monarchy to adopt a socialist form of government following two successive revolutions and a bloody civil war

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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

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submarines sink merchant ships without warning

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Great Migration/Great Trek North

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Dutch-speaking colonists search of land where they could establish their own homeland, independent of British rule

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