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| What were the causes of World War I? |
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Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Spark: Assassination of Ferdinand in Serbia |
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| How neutral was American neutrality? |
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| The U.S. was not very neutral because they still traded with France and Great Britain and tried to trade with Germany but Britain's blockade got in the way. Also, the U.S. gave Great Britain and France loans if they needed them. |
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| Why did the U.S. get involved in World War I? |
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| The U.S. got involved in World War I because Germany's U-boats kept blowing up ships (unrestricted warfare), Zimmerman Note, and because they sunk American ships. |
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| What was the impact of World War I on the home front economically, politically and socially? |
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Economically: liberty bonds, high taxes, producing war supplies
Politically: National War Front Board
Socially: Propoganda, women taking men's jobs, saving resources |
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| Did America make the "World Safe for Democracy"? |
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| No, because Americans did not join the League of Nations. |
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| Weapons and Tactics of World War I |
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| Trench warfare, artillery, machine guns, poison, u-boats, airplane carriers... |
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| The League of Nations is a policy where the U.S. will get involved with all foreign business to modify them so that there will not be another World War. |
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| Proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico |
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| Led the Bolshevik government in Russia and signed a peace agreement with Germany |
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| Headed the War Industries Board, which regulated all war-related materials |
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| Led the reservationists in the Senate |
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| Outlined a fourteen-point plan for peace at the end of World War I |
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| Who led the American Expeditionary Force and helped the Allies win the war? |
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| Growing nationalism and the competition over colonies contributed to the rise of ____ before World War I |
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| As America joined the fighting, many _____ moved into jobs to keep the American economy moving |
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| The ____ was to be an organization set up after World War I that would work together to settle disputes, protect democracy, and prevent future wars |
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| Soldiers faced new threats such as machine guns and deadly gases during World War I |
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| Technology and Innovation |
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| Senator Henry Cabot Lodge presented a list of fourteen reservations about the Treaty of Versailles |
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| Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy |
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| Could fire up to 600 bullets per minute in 1914 |
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| British-built motorized vehicles intended to maneuver through battlefields |
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| Extreme pride or devotion that people feel for their country or culture |
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| A policy of military preparedness and building up a supply of arms |
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| Alliance of Great Britain, France and Russia |
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| Used to map enemy positions and trenches and to attack trenches from above |
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| The deadly area between trenches |
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| His assassination led to World War I |
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| Quest to establish colonial empires |
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| Members of certain religious groups whose moral or religious beliefs prevented them from fighting in a war were known as... |
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| Which system describes the system of surrounding troop-transport ships with destroyers or cruisers for protection? |
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| The Germans launched their last, desperate offensive at the... |
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| The sinking of which ship prompted President Woodrow Wilson to demand an end to unrestricted submarine warfare? |
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| German "undersea boats" were also known as... |
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| What amendment in 1918 was ratified, banning the "manufacture, sale or transportation" of alcohol in the United States? |
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| The Committee on Public Information launched a nationwide campaign of ______, which included posters, newspapers stories, speeches, and other materials designed to influence people's opinions. |
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| In schenck v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that Charles Schenk's opposition to government war policies was a violation of the______ and was not protected by the first amendment. |
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| Espionage and Sedition Act |
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| The War Revenue Act of 1917 established very high ____ |
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| During the month of October 1918 alone, ______ killed nearly 200,000 Americans |
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| One way the United States government raised money for the war was through the sale of ____ to the public |
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| Bernard Baruch, a Wall Street business leader, was the head of the _______, which regulated all materials needed for the war effort. |
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| Daylight saving time and "heatless Mondays" were introduced in order to encourage conservation of _______ |
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| Eugene V. Debs, the head of the ______, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for critisizing the U.S.' government's prosecution of Americans under the Espionage Act |
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| To encourage increased production of food crops, ______, head of the Food Administration, promised farmers higher prices for their crops. |
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