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WORLD WAR ONE

1914-1918 MOST DESTRUCTIVE WAR IN HISTORY UP TO THAT TIME

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FRANZ FERDINAND

HEIR TO THE AUSTRIAN THRONE WHO WAS ASSASSINATED IN JUNE OF 1914 SETTING OFF A SERIS OF EVENTS WHICH LED TO WORLD WAR ONE

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NATIONALISM

DESIRE OF A PEOPLE TO FORM A NATION TO PROMOTE THEIR COMMON CULTURE AND INTERESTS, CAUSE OF WWI

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IMPERIALISM

ESTABLISHING POLITICAL OR ECONOMIC CONTROL OVER OTHER COUNTRIES, EUROPEAN NATIONS COMPETED AGAINST EACH OTHER TO SEE WHO COULD ACQUIRE THE MOST TERRITORY

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ARMS RACE

EUROPEAN NATIONS COMPETED IN BUILDING LARGE ARMIES AND NAVIES

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CONSCRIPTION

DRAFTING MEN INTO THE ARMY THIS PRODUCES HUGE ARMIES

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MILITARISM

GLORIFYING OF WAR SEE WAR AS A GOOD OR POSITIVE ACTIVITY

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ALLIANCE SYSTEM

EUROPEAN NATIONS WERE DIVIDED INTO ALLIANCE THAT PLEDGED TO FOGHT WITH THEIR ALLIES IN CASE OF WAR

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TRIPLE ALLIANCE/ LATER THE CENTRAL POWERS

MILITARY ALLIANCE BETWEEN GERMANY AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AND ITALY (ITALY LATER QUIT)

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TRIPLE ENTENTE/ LATER THE ALLIES

MILITARY ALLIANCE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE AND RUSSIA ITALY LATER JOINED

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MOBILIZATION

WHEN A NATION PREPARES FOR WAR BY CALLING UP ITS RESERVES THE FIRST NATION TO MOBILIZE HAD THE ADVANTAGE

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BELGIUM

SMALL EUROPEAN NATION THAT WAS NEUTRAL BY MUTAL TREATIES GERMANY VIOLATED THE TREATY INVADED BELGIUM AND BRITAIN DECLARED WAR ON GERMANY ON AUGUST 4 1914

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TRENCH WARFARE

MODERN WEAPONS FORCED THE SOLDIERS TO DIG TRENCH LINES THAT STRETCHED OVER 400 MILES FROM THE NORTH SEA TO SWITZERLAND

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STALEMATE

NEITHER SIDE COULD BREAK THE OTHERS TRENCH LINES FOR OVER FOUR YEARS DESPITE ATTACKS THAT KILLED MILLIONS

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NEW WEAPONS

MACHINE GUNS HEAVY ARTILLERY POISON GAS TANKS AIRPLANES SUBMARINES

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U-BOATS

SUBMARINES THE GERMANS HOPED TO STARVE BRITAIN INTO SURRENDER BY SINKING MERCHANT SHIPS CARRYING FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO BRITAIN FROM OTHER NATIONS

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WOODROW WILSON

AMERICAN PRESIDENT FROM 1912-1920 TRIED TO KEEP THE US OUT OF THE WAR UNTIL 1917

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NEUTRALITY

WHAT WILSON TRIED TO MAINTAIN FOR THE US STAY OUT OF THE WAR

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LUSITANIA

BRITISH PASSENGER SHIP THAT WAS SUNK BY A U-BOAT (GERMAN SUBMARINE) KILLING 1198 PASSENGER INCLUDING 128 AMERICANS, AMERICANS WERE ANGRY AND THREATENED TO GO TO WAR

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SUSSEX PLEDGE

AFTER THE GERMANS SANK A FRENCH PASSENGER SHIP IN 1916 AND ANGERED THE US THE GERMAN GOVT PROMISED NOT TO SINK MERCHANT SHIP "WITHOUT WARNING AND WITHOUT SAVING LIVES" US BEGAN PREPARING FOR WAR

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ELECTION OF 1916

WILSON WON WITH THE CAMPAIGN SLOGAN " HE KEPT US OUT OF WAR"

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UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE

FEB 1917 AFTER THE GERMANS KNOCKED RUSSIA OUT OF THE WAR THEY STARTING SINKING ALL MERCHANT SHIPS BELIEVING THEY COULD WIN THE WAR BEFORE THE US COULD MOBILIZE AND HELP THE ALLIES

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ARMED NEUTRALITY

AFTER GERMANY BROKE THE SUSSEX PLEDGE US AMRED ITS MERCHANT SHIPS TO FIGHT OFF U-BOATS

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ZIMMERMANN NOTE

MARCH 1 1917 GERMANY OFFERED MEXICO A DEAL. IF THEY JOINED GERMANY IN FIGHTING THE US THEY COULD HAVE BACK NEW MEXICO TEXAS AND ARIZONA AFTER THE US WAS DEFEATED THE US FOULD OUT ABOUT THE NOTE AND IT ANGERED AMERICANS AND MADE READY TO DECLARE WAR ON GERMANY

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RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

WHEN THE CZAR ( KING OF RUSSIA) WAS OVERTHROWN IN 1917 AND A DEMOCRATIC GOVT SET UP AMERICANS FELT THEY COULD JOIN THE ALLIES

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APRIL 6 1917

US DECLARED WAR ON GERMANY AND THE CENTRAL POWERS

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JOHN J. PERSHING

COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN ARMY SENT TO EUROPE

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AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

NAME FOR THE US ARMY SENT TO EUROPE DURING WWI

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BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION

COMMUNIST REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA IN NOV 1917 THAT OVERTHREW THE DEMOCRATIC GOVT THAT HAD OVERTHROWN THE CZAR

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LENIN

LEADER OF COMMUNIST GOVT THAT TOOK POWER IN RUSSIA IN NOV 17

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DOUGHBOYS

NAME FOR US SOLDIERS THAT FOUGHT DURING WWI

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NOV 11 1918

ARMISTICE ENDING WWI WAS SIGNED

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SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT

MAY 1917 REQUIRED ALL YOUNG MEN TO SIGN UP FOR MILITARY SERVICE OVER 5 MILLION MEN SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES DURING WWI

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WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD

CONTROLLED MANY ASPECTS OF THE US ECONOMY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING A STRONG MILITARY

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COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION

US AGENCY THAT USED PROPAGANDA TO ENCOURAGE AMERICANS TO SUPPORT THE WAR

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FOURTEEN POINTS

WILSON PLAN FOR ENDING THE WAR GERMANY SURRENDERED BASED THESE

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LEAGUE OF NATIONS

WILSON'S PLAN TO FORM A WORLD ORGANIZATION TO KEEP THE PEACE THE US NEVER JOINED

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TREATY OF VERSAILLES

FORMAL AGREEMENT THAT ENDED WWI GERMANY WAS FORCED TO ACCEPT THE BLAME FOR STARTING THE WAR AND HAS TO PAY REPARATIONS UNFAIR PARTS OF THE TREATY WERE PARTIALLY TO BLAME FOR WWII IT WAS NEVER RATIFIED BY THE US

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GENOCIDE

MILLIONS OF ARMENIANS WERE MURDERED BY THE TURKS IT MEANS THE SYSTEMATIC DESTRUCTION OF AN ENTIRE PEOPLE HITLER LATER USED IT AGAINST THE JEWS

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PARIS PEACE TALKS

MEETING OF THE LEADERS OF THE ALLIES TO DECIDE ON THE PEACE TERMS ENDING WWI WILSON WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL AND MADE MANY MISTAKES

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ANTI DEMOCRATIC MEASURES

PASSED BY CONGRESS DURING THE WAR TO FORCE EVERY AMERICAN TO TALK AND ACT LIKE THE GIVT WANTED THEM TO A TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT B. SEDITION ACT C. ESPIONAGE ACT

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WOMEN AND BLACKS

WOMEN GOT VOTE AFTER THE WAR BUT BLACKS FOUND CONDITIONS NO BETTER MANY HAD MOVED TO THE NORTH TO GET JOBS DURING THE WAR