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WW1 vocab Flashcards

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No Man’s Land

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unowned land between the front lines or trenches of two opposing armies.

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Trench Warfare

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Hole built into ground to fight

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Convoy System (at sea)

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ships sailing together for protection

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Zimmerman Note

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Code from Germany to Mexico to go against US

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Espionage Act of 1917

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Made it illegal to talk about war in case there were spies, people would be fined

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Sedition Act of 1918

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Made it illegal to talk bad about the US in propaganda

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Reparations

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A tax that defeated powers had to pay some of the war costs to the winning countries

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Bolsheviks

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member of communist party in Russia by revolution

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Fourteen Points

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Statement for peace, a negotiation to end WW1 by Woodrow wilson

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League of Nations

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Intergovernmental (2 or more govt.) organization to achieve international peace

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Treaty of Versailles

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France forced Germany and central powers to take blame for WW1

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Mustard gas

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yellow chemical that smells like mustard

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U-Boat

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German submarine WW1

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Zepplins

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German airships

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Western Front

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Western territory controlled by Germany

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Lusitania

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British boat sunk by Germany

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Tommy

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German soldiers called “Tommy” to speak to British soldiers

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Doughboy

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US soldiers

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Manfred von Richthofen-

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German pilot

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Edward Rickenbacker

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American fighter-pilot

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John J. Pershing

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Major US general, black jack

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Kaiser Wilhelm II

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Last German emperor/king Prussia

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Woodrow Wilson

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28 president

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Vladimir Lenin

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Communist head of Soviet Russia

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Prime Minister David Lloyd George

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UK prime minister

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