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| policy emphasizing military build up and naval power: invest in having a larger army |
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| a small country that was part of the initial chain reaction that led to WWI |
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| Archduke Francis Ferdinand |
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| his assination was an immediate cause of WWI |
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| agreements of mutual support between nations |
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| two or more countries that join together to fight a war |
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| the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austtra-Hungary, and Italy |
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| the German emperor whose assurance of allegiance help spread WWI |
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| fighting in wet,nasty ditches where solders often contracted lice and a chromic foot ailment |
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| countries that did not want to become allied with another in disputes between nations |
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| US president during WWI who urged neutrality |
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| Unrestricted submarine warfare |
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| during war, submarines can attack merchant ships as well as military warships of opposing countries |
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| submarines used by Germany during WWI to sink enemy ships |
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| goods such as ammunition and weapons, carried on American flag ships during WWI, that could support the European war effort |
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| a passenger ship used by America to ship military goods to Great Britain during WWI and was sunk by a German u-boat |
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| US policy toward WWI was a key policy during this election when Woodrow Wilson won with a slogan of "He kept us out of war!" |
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| German Foreign Minister requested that Mexico declare war on America if America declared war on Germany |
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| the first woman elected to congress. She represented Montana in the House |
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| "Make the World Safe for Democracy" |
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| Wilson used this quote to give citizens a noble reason for the US enterning WWI |
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| assembling and making troops and supplies ready for war |
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| young men of a certain age can be drafted into military service during times of war |
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| controlled the US economy as it sought to obtain supplies for the US military and its allies |
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| durring WWI, this organization encouraged Americans to conserve food that could be used in the war effort |
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| president during the Great Depression who opposed government interference in business |
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| a government propaganda machine largely respondible for turning Americans against Germany prior to WWI |
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| Espionage and Sedition Act |
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| this legislation made it illegal to interfere with the draft, obstruct the sale of Liberty Bonds, or make statements considered disloyal to, or critical of, the government, the Constitution, or the US military |
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| the US Supremem Court ruled that the government can limit free speech if there is a "clear and present" danger involved |
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| he commanded US troops at the beginning of WWI |
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| American Expeditionary Force |
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| US soldiers made up of draftees, National Guardsman, and volunteers, many of whom were shipped overseas to fight WWI |
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| Russian Revolution/Bolshevik Revolution |
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| this event, marked by Nicholas II being removed from power, led to the end fo Russia's involvement in WWI |
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| a nickname for US soldiers shipped overseas during WWI who played a vital role in helping th eTriple Entente and its allies defeat the Central Powers |
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| area between trenches, covered in land mines and barbed wire |
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| poisonous gas used during WWI |
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| a cease fire or an agreement to stop fighting |
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| Woodrow Wilson's idea that at the end of war no one would there would be no winner or loser, but opposing sides agreeing to peace |
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| Woodrow Wilson's peace proposal after WWI |
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| The Nations that dominated the Paris peace conference following WWI ( Great Britain, United States, Italy, and France) |
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| this formal ending to WWI made Germany take responsibility for the war and agree to make financial restitution |
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| a leading opponent of the League of Nations who feared the commitment to an international organizations would run counter to America's post-WWI isolationism |
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| an international organization proposed by President Wilson to have a place where countries could talk about their differences rather than go to war |
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| after WWI this US Attorney General was convinced that Communists wanted to take over the the American government |
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| instigated by Mitchel Palmer and J. Edgar Hoover, thousands of suspected Communists were arrested and jailed. |
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| because of the post-WWI association of immigrants with communism, these two men were convicted murder using faulty evidence and executed |
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| President Warren Harding's sentiments of US foreign policy following WWI |
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