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Schlieffen Plan

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German army would invade Belgium to get the back of France’s army in order to get to Paris and end the fight with France to avoid a two-front war

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Triple Entente

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France
Britain
Russia

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Triple Alliance

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Germany
Italy
Austria-Hungary

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Liberty Bonds

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buy them
money goes towards war effort
after war, government pays back

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dogfights

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plane fights during reconnaissance

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14 Points

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Wilson’s plan for peace

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League of Nations

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a unified group of nations to ensure European peace

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Why were the Balkans called the “powder keg” of Europe?

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regional tension
nationalism
Austria-Hungary annexes lands

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Zimmerman Note

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a note from Germany to Mexico proposing an alliance

Mexico would attack US to keep US out of European war

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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

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German U-Boats violate neutrality laws by sinking ships

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women’s roles

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filled in jobs that guys did before the war

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Allied Powers

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US
France
Italy
Britain
Serbia
Russia
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Central Powers

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Germany
Ottoman Empire
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria

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new weapons

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flamethrowers
planes
gas
guns
tanks
trenches
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Lusitania

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a passenger ship sank by German U-Boats

helped convince US to enter war

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isolationism

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neutral country, nation, state

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What occurred after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia?

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Because of their alliance with Serbia, the Russian army mobilized.

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War Industries Board

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regulated and enlisted and supported the war effort

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How did Wilson’s idea of a post-war world differ from the European leaders?

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Wilson wanted to be fair to Germany but the European leaders wanted to make them pay huge reparations and destroy their army.

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reparations

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the losing team had to pay for the war damage

21
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War Guilt Clause

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part of the Treaty of Versailles

named Germany responsible for the war

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