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Mr. Shultz Second Semester Study Guide (Chapter 18)
Mr. Shultz Second Semester Study Guide
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05/14/2010

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Causes of WWI
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Militerism,Alliences,Nationalism, Imperialism,Assationation of Arch Duke Fraz Ferdinan
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Triple Alliance
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Germany, Austria-Hungry, and Italy
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Triple Entente
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France, Russia, and Great Britain
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Central Powers
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Germany, Austria- Hungry, Bulgaria,and Ottoman Empire
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Allied Powers
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US, France, Italy, Britian,
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Trench Warfare
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a form of warfare in which both combatants occupied fighting lines, consisting largely of trenches
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Lusitania
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an ocean liner owned by the Cunard Line and built by John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland. She was torpedoed by the SM U-20, a German U-boat
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Isolationism
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a foreign policy which combines a non-interventionist military policy and a political policy of economic nationalism (protectionism). In other words, it asserts both
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U-Boats
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military submarines operated by Germany
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Sussex Pledge
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was a promise made in 1916 during World War I by Germany to the United States prior to the latter's entry into the war. Early in 1916, Germany had instituted a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare,[1] allowing armed merchant ships - but not passenger ships - to be torpedoed without warning. Despite this avowed restriction, a French cross-channel passenger ferry, the Sussex, was torpedoed without warning
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Zimmerman Note
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a 1917 proposal from Germany to Mexico to make war against the United States. It was ignored by Mexico but angered Americans and led in part to the declaration of war in April.
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Selective Service Act
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It authorized the federal government to raise a national army numbering in the hundreds of thousands with which to fight a modern war
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Convoy System
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The U-boat threat lessened in 1917, when merchant ships entered convoys escorted by destroyers
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Bolshevik Revolution
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overthrew the Russian Provisional Government and gave the power to the local soviets dominated by Bolsheviks
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Liberty Bonds
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a war bond that was sold in the United States to support the allied cause in World War I. Subscribing to the bonds became a symbol of patriotic duty in the United States and introduced the idea of financial securities to many citizens for the first time
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War Revenue Act
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greatly increased federal income tax rates while simultaneously lowering exemptions
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War Industries Board
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a United States government agency established on July 28, 1917, during World War I, to coordinate the purchase of war supplies
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Food Administration
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urged families to reduce consumption of key staples to help the war effort. Conserving food would support U.S. troops as well as feed populations in Europe where food production and distribution had been disrupted by war
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National War Labor Board
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a federal agency created in April 1918 by President Woodrow Wilson. It was composed of representatives from business and labor, and chaired by Former President William Howard Taft. Its purpose was to arbitrate disputes between workers and employers in order to ensure labor reliability and productivity during the war
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Propaganda
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form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position
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League of Nations
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an inter-governmental organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles
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Paris Peace Conference
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the meeting of the Allied victors following the end of World War I to set the peace terms for Germany and other defeated nations, and to deal with the empires of the defeated powers following the Armistice of 1918. It took place in Paris in 1919 and involved diplomats from more than 30 countries
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Treaty of Versailles
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one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
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