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World War 1
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History
9th Grade
05/16/2013

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World War 1
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This war encompassed most of the industrialized nations of the world from 1914-1918
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Communism
Definition
Old system of government in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
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Woodrow Wilson
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The 28th president of the USA from 1913-1921. He led the US during WW1 and helped found the League of Nations
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Treaty of Versailles
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Ended WW1 required Germany to pay billions of dollars, established the League of Nations US never signed it
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Zimmermantele Gram
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A message sent in 1917 by the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico proposing a German Mexican alliance and promising to help Mexican regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona if the USA entered WW1
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Armistice
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The alliance of England, France, US and other countries during WW1 fighting against the Central Powers
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Nationalism
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The doctrine that your national culture and interest are superior to any other
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Central Powers
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Germany Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire were known as this during WW1
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Fascism
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An extreme for of nationalism that played on fears of communism and rejected individual freedom liberal individualism democracy and limitations on the state
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Fourteen Points
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President Woodrow Wilson's goals for peace after WW1
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Herbert Hoover
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President at the beginning of the Great Depression
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Imperialism
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A policy of extending your rule over foreign countries
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Trench Warfare
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Opposing armies fighting behind fixed fortifications
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Dicator
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A person behaves in an tyrannical manner
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Dollar Diplomacy
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Under the Progressive President William Howard Taft. Taft encouraged bankers and businesses to invest money in Latin America with the aim of maintaing stability in that region
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Kaiser
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The German word for emperor
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Franz Ferdinand
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The Archduke of Austria who was assassinated thus beginning WW1
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Appeasement
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To preserve peace by meeting the demands of an aggressor
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Axis
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A group of countries in special alliance
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U-Boats
Definition
German submarines were called this
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