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Ch. 12 Vocab
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01/22/2013
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militarism
 Definition
glorification of military strength
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Franz Ferdinand
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heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne
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Gavrilo Princip
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Serbian nationalist who killed archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie
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Allied Powers
 Definition
Britain, France, and Russia
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Central Powers
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Germany, Austria Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
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First Battle of the Marne
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allies pushed German lines back 40 miles
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no-man's land
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bombed out territory strewn with barbed wire and land mines
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trench warfare
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emerged western front; new type of fighting
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Battle of the Somme
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British forces suffered some 60,000 casualties in a single day; lasted four months; left more than 1 million dead
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Manfred con Richtofen
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German known as the Red Baron; most successful WWI pilot; reported 80 kills
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Edward Rickenbacker
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top American flying ace; 26 kills
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Sussex pledge
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a renwal of an earlier promise not to sink liners without warning or ensuring passenger safety
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Robert Lansing
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encouraged the trade of war materials with allies
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National Defense Act
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increased the number of soldiers in the regular army from 90,000 to 175,000 with ultimate goal of 223,000
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Zimmermann Note
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cable proposed a Mexican Alliance with Germany
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Jannete Rankin
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among opposition against war
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Selective Service Act
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May 18, 191; required men between ages 21-30 to register with local draft boards
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John J. Perishing
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General who led the first US troops to reach France in late June 1917
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convoy system
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merchant vessels traveled escorted by US warships; transferred supplies and volunteers through submarine infested North Atlantic
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William McAdoo
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secretary of the treasury and Wilson's son-in law
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Food administration
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charged with regulating the production and supply of food
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Herbert Hoover
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directed food administration; managed a food relief campaign for war-stricken Belfium
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War Inustries Board
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governments central war agency
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Bernard Baruch
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director who had overall responsibility for allocating scarce materials
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National War Labor Board
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ensured that the voice of labor was heard; established by Wilson in April 1918
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Harrioit Stanton Blatch
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daugher of suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, headed the Food Administration's Speakers Bureau
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Julliete Gordon Low
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active American volunteer in Warfront
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Great Migration
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Job opportunities and chance of higher wages brough African Americans from South to northern cities between 1915-1930
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Committee of Public Information
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spring of 1917; established by Wilson; encouraged American people to support the war
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Espionage Act
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silenced opponents of war
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Sedition Act
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outlawed acts of treason and make it a crime to "utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal....or abusive language."
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Bolsheviks
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a group of radical Russian socialists
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Battle of the Argonne Forest
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Americans lost 12,000 casualties
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Fourteen Points
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a program for world peace
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League of nations
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heart of the war program
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Big Four
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Wilson, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, and Vittorio Orlando
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David Lloyd George
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British prime minister part of the big four
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georges clemenceau
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french premier part of the big four
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vittorio Orlando
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Italian Prime Minister part of the Big Four
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reparations
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payments
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Treaty of Versailles
 Definition
took place in palace of Versailles; June 28,1919
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