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CH. 25
WWI
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11th Grade
04/12/2011

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Heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Assonated by Slavic nationalist Gavrilo Princip provided the incident that ignited Europe into war.
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Franz Ferdinand
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Slavic nationalist who assassinated Franz Ferdinand. This was the start of the war.
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Gavrilo Princip
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What remainded of the Triple Alliance -Germany and Austria-Hungary - joined with the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria
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Central Powers
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goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possesion is forbidden
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contraband
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Wilson's policy was tested when one torpedoed the French ship Sussex
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U-boat
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A british passenger liner that was sunk in 1915. Americans felt this was on the frounds of war, but others thought it was done at their own risk.
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Lusitania
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Met the foreign-policy goals of both Germany and the president by keeping the U.S. out of war alittle longer
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Sussex Pledge
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In 1916 Wilson ran for reelection on a peace ticket under the saying. Wilson never used it hisself. He emphasized he kept "peace with honor"
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"He kept us out of war"
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Intercepted by British form Germany's forgein minister to Mexico. It was to arrange an alliance between Mexico and Germany in the event the U.S. entered the war.
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Zimmermann Note
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The U.S. declared war againt Germany and entered the conflict with Europe.
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April 6, 1917
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Commanded the American Forces in France. He requested that American troops be assigned a section of the front for themselves
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John J. Pershing
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Term used to describe the contesed armed froniter between lands controlled by Germany to the east and the Allies to the west
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Western Front
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Placed between Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Germany. All 3 contries sexpected conflict in this area
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Eastern Front
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Allied troops welcomed the Americans whose shipshape appearance - prior to entering the trenches - inspired this name
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Doughboy
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Required all men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for the military service was passed by Congress on may 18, 1917. It expanded to ages 18 and 45 later
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Selective Service Act
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When the U.S. landed in France on July 4 it symbolizes recalling the American-French partership. Col. Stanto stood on Marquis de Lafayette's tomb and said this.
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"Lafayette, we are here"
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Military and political learder. France's greatest hero in WWI
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Henri Petain
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Supreme commander of the allied armies. Ordered a great counter front along the Western Fornt close to the German border
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Ferdinand Foch
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Temporary suspension of Hostilites between opponents
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Armistice
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The Allies were prised to advance on German soil. Realizing the war was lost, the Germans signed an Armistice on this date
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November 11, 1918
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The Germans surrendered in a railray car, parked in a clearing in the forest of Compeigne. Also memorial to soliders
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Compeigne
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Encouraged to plant these gardens for raising their own vegetables
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Victory Gardens
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Sermons that encouraged people to buy bonds which helped the U.S. pay back dept
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Liberty Loans
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Leader of the committee on public information which was established to "sell" the war to america
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Gerorge Creel
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The president hoped to establish a new world order. It was based on "The principle of justice to all people."
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14 Points
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U.S. President Wilison, Britian's Prime Misister David Lloyd George, France's Premier Georges Clemeceal, abd Itailian's Premier Vittorio Orlando
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Big 4
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The president scored an immediate triump by forcing plans for it into the peace treaty
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League of Nations
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The Ottoman Empire lost territory; Austria-Hungary split up; the greatest humiliation was reserved for the Germans. but lost territory, stripped of colonies, and required to pay for damage and cost of the war
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Treaty of Versailles
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