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World War I
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Social Studies
5th Grade
04/03/2013

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World War 1 Causes
Definition
rivalries b/w countries, nationalism, imperialism (competing for colonial claims).

European nations fighting over land and power
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Sides of WWI
Definition
Central Powers v. the Allies
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Central Powers
Definition
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire,
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Allied Powers
Definition
US, Great Britain, Russia, France
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Isolationism
Definition
when countries decide to not get involved in conflicts that other countries have
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Event that Caused the US to enter WWI
Definition
Germany sinks Great Britain's ship, the Lusitania
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League of Nations
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formed by President Woodrow Wilson, but failed without army.

 

The idea wqas for nations to come together and resolve conflicts peacefully

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Treaty of Versailles
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named because world leaders gathered at Versaille Palace in France

 

Germany gave up land, had to pay war debts, and not buid

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