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causes of WWI
- -nationalism; strong alliegence to 1's country bc of desire to be free from foreign control
- -imperialism; control
- -militarism; building military is priority
- -alliances; agreement btw 2 parties to aid 1 another
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central powers include these countries;
- -germany
- -austria hungary
- -ottoman empire
- -bulgaria
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who was heir to austria, assassianated
francis ferdinand
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francis was assassinated by
serbian nationalist, gavilo princip
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francis was asssainated in
sarajevo, bosnia
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gavilo princip was called
the black hand
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who declares war on serbia
austria hungary
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who supports austria hand n helps?
germany
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who declares war to help serbia
russia
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2 countries that help allies
GB and france
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germany schelieffen plan
beat french, 1st attacking thru belgium then russia
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1st battle of the marne -france
push german lines back 40 miles; not easy war to win
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the trenches were called
no man's land
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types of warfare;
- -poison gas by germany
- -british used tanks
- -airplanes
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who was called red baron
manfred von richthefen
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who invented flame throwers
french
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uboats were used by
germany
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1 of most effective war tactics
uboats
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2 battles in france
veroun and somme
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sinking of the british ship
lusitania
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sinking of the french ship
sussex
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what happened to lusitania?
sailing from NY to england, germans knew ship had amnos, ship was torpedoed w/ no warning
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what happened to sussex?
americans on board, led to sussex pledge by germany that they wouldnt sink the boat but ended up did
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national defense act passed:
increased the # of US soldiers
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the zimmerman note;
coded message from arthur zimmerman to german ambassador in mexico
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what was the zimmerman note asking
mexico to support germany
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who declares neutrality
woodrow wilson
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in the russian revolution there are 2 phases;
- -march 1917 democracy produced, us joins war
- -nov same year - bolshevik seized power
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what treaty did russia pull out of war
treaty of brest-litousk
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wilson says these 2 phases:
- -world must be safe for democracy
- -war to end all wars
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date that US goes to war in germany:
april 6
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leader of the american expeditionary forces
gen. john pershing
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selective service act:
required all men to sign up for military service
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food administration was headed by
herbert hoover
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creel committee was headed by
george creel- muckraker
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the war industry board regulated
supplies of raw materials and role of industry shifted from consumer to military
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trading with the enemy act:
power to censor publications
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sedition act
-prohibited speech against america
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espionage act -
punished anyone helping the enemy
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