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M - Militarism
A - Alliances
I - Imperialism
N - Nationalism
E - Economy

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cause of ww1

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assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, which helped start World War I

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Gavrilo Princip

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Archduke of austrian empire, assassinated in 1814

Another cause of ww1

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Franz ferdinand

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the opinions or actions of people who believe that a country should use military methods, forces, etc., to gain power and to achieve its goals

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Militarism

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the military rivalry between Great Britain and Germany

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Arms race

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a defensive military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

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Triple Allience

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a diplomatic alignment of Great Britain, France, and Russia in the decade leading up to World War I

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Triple Entre

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one of the two main coalitions that fought in World War I. It consisted of the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria; this was also known as the Quadruple Alliance.

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Central Powers

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The military alliance that fought against the Central Powers (Russia, France, Japan and the British Empire)

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Allied Powers

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a type of combat in which the opposing sides attack, counterattack, and defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground

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Trench Warfare

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a period in the Great War where neither the Allies nor the Central Powers could gain a decisive advantage over the other on the Western Front

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Stalemate

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the area of land between two enemy trench systems, not controlled by either side

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No mans land

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Worst of the worst part of war

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Battle of the somme

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World War I popularized the use of the machine gun along with barbed wire and mines, making movement across open land both difficult and dangerous. Thus trench warfare was born.

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ww1 weapons

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many Americans wanted the United States to stay out of the conflict, supporting President Woodrow Wilson’s policy of strict and impartial neutrality

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US policy of nuetrality

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national policy of avoiding political or economic entanglements with other countries

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Isolationism

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a prolonged naval operation conducted by the Allied Powers, especially Great Britain, during and after World War I to restrict the maritime supply of goods to the Central Powers,B

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Blockade

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a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink merchant ships such as freighters and tankers without warning

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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

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British passenger ship that was owned by the Cunard Line and was first launched in 1906 and was shot down by a German U-Boat

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Lusitania

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American President during ww1, led America into war in order to “make the world safe for democracy.”

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Woodrow Wilson

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A pledge that Germany signed saying that they would shoot a warning shot before sinking ships

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Sussex pledge

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expanded federal powers and funding over the Army, National Guard, and ROTC

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National Defence Act

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A telegram sent to Mexico and Japan if the United States declared war on Germany that they would invade the US

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Zimmerman Note

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United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription

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Selective Service Act

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to assemble armed forces, military reserves, civilians of military age, industries, and transportation facilities, etc. into active service during a time of war

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Mobilization

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Wilson established - assured the supply, distribution, and conservation of food

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Food Administration

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a government agency developed to assist in aiding the United States in the industrial production of materials for the American Army

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War industries board

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provided American citizens an opportunity to assist with the war effort - homefront grew and relies on homegrown crops

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Victory Gardens

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resolved disputes between business owners and administrators and organized labor

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National war labor board

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the movement of some six million African Americans from rural areas of the Southern states of the United States to urban areas in the Northern states between 1916 and 1970

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Great Trek North

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established during World War I to turn every channel of communication and education to promote the war effort

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Committee of public information

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information designed to get people’s thinking aligned with government interests concerning the war

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Propaganda

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Restriction of Mail, telegrams, pamphlets and books, news and newspapers, plays, photographs, films, and speech that spoke about the war

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Censorship

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sought to crack down on wartime activities considered dangerous or disloyal, including attempts to acquire defense

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Espionage Act

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Made it a crime to speak out against war

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Sedition Act

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The Court ruled that freedom of speech and freedom of the press under the First Amendment could be limited only if the words in the circumstances created “a clear and present danger.”

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Schenck VS USA

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Revolution that overthrew the imperial government and placed the Bolsheviks in power

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Russian Revolution

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Russian Communists

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Bolsheviks

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a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I. It was one of the attacks that brought an end to the War and was fought from September 26 – November 11, 1918, when the Armistice was signed

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Battle of the Argonne Forest

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date that an armistice was signed between the Germans and the Allies, ending World War I

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November 11, 1918

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the ceasefire that ended hostilities between the Allies and Germany on 11 November 1918

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Armistice

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guidelines for the rebuilding of the postwar world

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14 Points

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an international organization, headquartered in Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes

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League of nations

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an international meeting convened in January 1919 at Versailles just outside Paris - established League of Nations, put mandates on Germany

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Paris peace treaty

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United Kingdom, France, the United States, and Italy

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Big 4

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a peace settlement created by the big four that required Germany to pay financial reparations, disarm, lose territory, and give up all of its overseas colonies

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Treaty of versailles

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a nation—a group of people with similar political ambitions—can seek to create its own independent government or state

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National self Determination

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