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chapter 11 Flashcards

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the allies

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France
Great Britain
Russia

US didn’t get involved until 1917

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2
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central powers

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Germany
Austria Hungary
Ottoman Empire

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3
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the two reasons the US joined the war

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sinking of the Lusitania

Zimmerman note

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4
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5 long term causes of World War I

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Militarism
Alliances
Nationalism
Imperialism
Assassination of the Archduke
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5
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tactic to get ships safely across the Atlantic

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convoy system

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6
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president could claim that the American entry into WWI was moralistic when what country drops out

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Russia

We claim that the war was democracies against brutal monarchies when the czar fails and Russia is in revolution

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7
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what was the date of the armistice

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11/11/11/18

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8
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what is an armistice

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a cease fire
truce

until treat can be drawn up

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9
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24 million men register under what act

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selective service act

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10
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Eddie rickenbacker

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American flying ace

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Alvin York

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AEF hero

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12
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war industries board

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gained control over the economy by controlling raw materials and setting production quotas

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13
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propaganda

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biased communication that George creel used effectively to get America behind the war effort

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14
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national war labor board

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workers make more gains as a result of this board than they do as a result of strikes

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15
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two gains made by American women as a result of the war

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more jobs

the vote, 19th amendment

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16
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the flu

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more civilians died as a result of this than the war
epidemic swept across the globe as a result of soldiers coming home
killed 500,000 Americans and 30 million worldwide

17
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most important of president wilsons 14 points

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League of Nations
settles disputes peacefully by discussion rather than by gun
international organization for peace

18
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Germany

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accepted full blame for the war

war guilt clause was one of the reasons Germany continues to fight 20 years later

19
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America

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refused to ratify the treaty of Versailles

president Wilson was one of the leaders of the conference, however senate refused to ratify treaty on national ground

20
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Henry Cabot lodge

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senator was the leading opponent of the treaty

21
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country that loses the most territory

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Russia
drop out of war and not invited to peace conference
too weak to do anything about it

22
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conscientious objector

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a person who opposes war on a moral ground

religion

23
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trench warfare

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bogged down this kind of war

front never moved more than a few miles in either direction

24
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nationalism

patriotism

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devotion to the interests and culture of ones nation

25
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what did imperialism cause

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60 countries dragged into the war because of countries controlling other colonies

26
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what did the war cost

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338 billion

27
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how many lives were lost in the war

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22 million

28
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where did the assassination of archduke Ferdinand take place

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Sarajevo

in the Austria Hungarian empire

29
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militarism

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strong army

30
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nationalism

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rivalry between nations

31
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imperialism

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own colonies around the world

32
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how did the war impact average Americans

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food and fuel limited

clothes of women

32
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how did the war impact African Americans

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caused the great migration which let to jobs and becoming a solider

33
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how did the war impact women

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moved to men’s jobs

19th amendment, right to vote

34
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how did the war impact immigrants

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attacked
deported
hanged
lost jobs

35
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how did Americans prepare for war

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selective service act

mass production

36
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wilsons 14 points vs treaty of Versailles

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WILSON WANTED WAR AND PEACE

TREATY THOUGHT POINTS WERE TOO LENIENT ON CONQUERED CONTRIES

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