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Alliance System
Agreement between countries to aid and support each other in case of war
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Neutral
Not taking sides on an issue or dispute
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Four minute men
Short speeches given by celebrities to get people to support the war effort.
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Fourteen Point Plan
Woodrow Wilson's plan for a just and lasting peace.
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Militarism
Build up and glorification of the military
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
His assassination was the spark that set off WW1
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Lusitania
British passenger ship sunk by a German U-boat killing 1200 people, including 128 Americans.
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War Industries Board
Agency set up to over see the change from a consumer economy to a war economy
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Treaty of Versailles
Peace treaty that "hammered" Germany after WW1. It was a treaty of revenge and they wanted Germany to suffer/
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Propaganda
Information used to sway public opinion or further a cause
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Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
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Zimmerman Telegram
Germany's failed attempt to try to get Mexico to attack the U.S. to keep them out of the war.
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American Expeditionary Force
The American army was called this during WW1. Also called Doughboys
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League of Nations
International organization of counties that would work together to solve disputes and promote world peace.
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Nationalism
Intense devotion and pride in ones country.
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Allies
France, England, Russia
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Selective Service Act
Law that required men between 21 and 30 to register for a military draft. Still around today
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Undisputed leader of Germany during WW1 (also a delicious hamburger bun)
Kaiser
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Red Scare
Fear of Communists (Reds) After WW1.
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Self-determination
The right of an ethnic group to have a homeland and to form it's own government
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No mans land
Unoccupied area between the trenches
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Wheatless Monday and Meatless Tuesday
Propaganda used to get Americans to conserve food needed for the war.
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November 11th at 11:00
The agreement to stop fighting happened on this date and time
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Palmer Raids
Immigrants suspected of radical views were rounded up and deported
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Imperialism
when a country expands it's influence outside of it's own borders.
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