American History Chapter 9 – Flashcards
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Triple Alliance
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Germany Italy and Austria Hungary
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Militarism
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The aggressive build up of armed forces to intimidate and threaten other nations
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Triple Entente
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britain France and Russia later the united states
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Nationalism
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The feeling of intense pride in one's homeland caused european tension and competition
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Self-determination
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The idea that people who share a national identity should have their own country and government
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Balkans
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Nationalism led to a crisis in southeastern Europe "power keg"
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Imperialism
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The idea that a country can increase its power and wealth by controlling other peoples countries
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Franz Fedinand
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Archduke was shot by a group of serbian nationalists
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Propaganda
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information designed to influence opinion
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William McAdoo
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secretary of the treasury strongly pro British and limited geramn lones
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Conraband
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good prohibited from shipment to germany and its allies
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u-boats
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Germany used these to sink any ship they found in the water around britain
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lusitania
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British passenger ship sunk by u boats
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Sussex Pledge
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Germany pledging to stop sinking merchant ships without warning in an effort to keep the united states out of war
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Zimmerman Telegram
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German officail sent telegram to mexico trying to persuede mexico to become an ally of germany in a war with the united states intercepted by the british last straw america entered the war
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War Industries Board
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WIB established to coordinate the production of war materials
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Victory gardens
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encouraged familes to grow their own vegetables and not eat as much meat to leave food for the troops
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National War Labor Board
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established to prevent stikes from disrupting the war effort(NWLB) wanted better wages and 8 hour woarkdays
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Great Migration
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when henry ford was desperate for workers he recruited many african americans from the south it greatly altered the racial makeup of these cities
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migratation in america
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war encouraged people to migrate mesicans headed north
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Committee on Public Information
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created by Wilson supposed to "sell" the war to the American people
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espionage
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spying to acquire government information The espionage act made it illegal to aid the ememy give false reports or interfere with the war effort
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Sedition Act
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made it llegal to speak against the war publicly
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Selective service
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required all men between 21 and 30 to register for the draft a lottery randomly determined the order in which they were called
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No mans land
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the space between opposing trenches
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New technology
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Gas and tanks and aircraft
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convoyas
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propoosed that merchant ships and troop transports be gathered into groups
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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signed with Germany lost a lot of territory and they pulled out of the war
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John J Pershing
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comander of the American Expeditionary Force
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Battle of the Argonne Forest
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leg by general Pershing attacked germans germany retreated
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Alvin York
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york took command after many men on his platoon were killed received the medal of honor
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Eddie Rickenbacker
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he fought in 134 air battles shot down 26 aircraft people top american combat pilot awarded the congressional medal of honor
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armistice
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a truce or an agreement signed by germany on 11-11-1918
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treaty of Versailles
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big four wilson lloyd george clemenceau and orlando russia was not invited
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Fourteen points
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peace plan by wilson shot down
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national self-determination
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an idea that the borders of countries should be based on people who feel that they are a nation should be allowed to have their own country
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league of nations
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help preserce peace by pledging to respect and protect each other's territory and political independence
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treaty of versailles
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signed by germany designed to punish and weaken them had to acknowledge that the war was their fault and pay rparations
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Reparations
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monetary compensation for all of the war damage they had caused
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Inflation
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greatly increased the cost of living lead to stikes
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General strike
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a strike that incolces all workers in a community not just workers in a particular industrySeattle strike
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Boston police strike
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75 percent of the police force walked off the job riots and looting erupted in the city forcing calvin coolidge to call in the national guard
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steel strike
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steelworkers went on strike for highter pay shorter hours and recognition of their union
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red Scare
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the fear that communists might seize power people believed bombings were the work of radicals trying to destory the american way of life
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J edgar hoover
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a special division within the justice department was established by palmer hoover was the head of the FBI
