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World War One
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History
8th Grade
12/16/2008

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Fourteen Points

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President Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post war Europe and for avoiding future wars.
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Franz Ferdinand

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Arch duke, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary

 

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Jeanette Rankin
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From Montana; was the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress, casted a vote against President Wilson's war resolution.
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U-Boats

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German submarines...stands for "Undersea Boat"
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Armstice

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A truce between warring groups or countries.
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Sussex Pledge

Definition
Promise issued by German leaders during World War I not to sink merchant vessels without warning.
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Selective Service Act

Definition
Law that required men between the ages of 21 and 30  to register for the draft into the armed forces.
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Pan-Slavic Movement

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Threatened the stability of the Austrian - Hungarian Empire.
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Second Battle of

The Marne 

Definition
        Last offensive launched the Germans during       World War I.
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"Hello Girls"

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Handled the military telephone service.
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War Industries Board

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Created by President Wilson to oversee the production and distribution of goods made by the country's war industries.
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Henry Cabot Lodge

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Republican senator that did not support Wilson's Treaty of Versailles
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Zimmerman Note

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 Telegram sent by Germany's foreign minister to Mexico during World War I

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John J. Pershing

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Commanded the Expiditionary Force.
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American banks invested in...?

 

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War Bonds & Liberty Bonds

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Why did the U.S. Senate

rufuse to sign the Treaty of Versailles?

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They did not want to be involved in European affairs.

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 NAACP

Definition

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Big Four

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Woodrow Wilson,(U.S.) David Lloyd George,(Britain) George Clemanceau,(France)Vittorio Orlando(Italy)

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Triple Alliances

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Military alliance formed by Austria - Hungary, Germany, and italy in the late 1800's.
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