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Militarism
Glorification of the military , being prepared for war
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Triple Alliance
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
Leader of Germany who wanted to assert power
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Triple Entente
Great Britain, France, Russia
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Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire
Also named for its location in Europe
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Western Front
Deadlocked region in northern France
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Schlieffen Plan
attack and defeat France in the West, then push east to Russia
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Trench warfare
Fighting in ditches, used in the west
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Eastern Front
Stretch along the German-Russian border
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Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germans would torpedo any ships in waters around Britain
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Total war
Putting all your resources towards the war
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Rationing
People could onlt buy small amounts of goods
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Propaganda
One sided information used to persuade
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Armistice
An agreement to stop fighting
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Woodrow Wilson
President of the US during WWI
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Georges Clemenceau
Leader of France during Paris Peace Conference
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self-determination
Let people decide what government they would like to live under
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League of Nations
International association to keep peace
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Treaty of Versailles
Agreement that punished Germany after WWI
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Fourteen Points
Wilson's ideas that he brought to the Paris Peace Conference
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