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The two major alliances before World War I were _______________ and ________________.

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Triple Alliance and Triple Entent

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Nationlism was alive by the Slavic Minorities in the ____________ and __________________.

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Balkans and Hapsburg Empire

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The Irish dreamed of nationalism from _________________.

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British Empire

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The Poles dreamed of nationalism from _________________.

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Russian Empire

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Most Western countrieshad established __________________ a military draft.

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Conscription

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________________ is the aggressive preparation for war.

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Militarism

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________ was suported by Russia.

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Serbia

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____________________ the heir to teh throne of Austria-Hungary Empire.

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Archduke Francis Ferinand

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___________________ succeed in fatally shooting teh archduke and his wife.

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Gavrilo Princip

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Emperor _____________ of Germany gave Austria-Hungary a _________________ promising Germany's full support.

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William II ; "blank check"

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__________ Was determined to support Serbia's cause

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Russia

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On July 28, _________________ order partial mobilization of Russian army againist Austria-Hungary

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Czar Nicholas II

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________________ is the process of assembling troops and supplies

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Mobilization

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A two front war with France and Russia is called_________________.

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Schlieffen Plan

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War was declared war on France and issused an ultimatum to _____________ demanding the _________________ troops be allowed to pass.

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Belgian ; German

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On August 4, _____________________ ddeclared war on Germany.

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Great Britian

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In fact, _______________was allied with France and_______________.

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Britain ; Russia

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By August 4, all the ___________________ of Europe were at war.

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Great powers

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Before 1914, many political leaders tought was to be ___________________.

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Impractical

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Government __________________ had worked in stirring up national hatreds before the war.

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Propaganda

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In August 1914, most people seemed genuinely convinced that their nation's cause was ____________

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Just

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The German Schlieffen Plan called for the German army to sweep around _________________ and surrounded most of teh hFrench army.

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Paris

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The German afvance was halted at ___________.

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Marne

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The war quickly turned into a ______________.

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Stalemate

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The unexpected development of ___________________ on the Western Front baffled military leaders.

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Trench warfare

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In 10 months at ______________ France, in 1916, seven hundred thousand men lost their lives over a few miles of land.

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Verdun

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By the end of 1915, _______________ began to be used in war for the first time.

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Airplanes

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Bulgaria came into the war on the side of the __________________, and the Allies declared war ont the Ottoman Empire.

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Central powers

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By 1917, the war that had started in Europe had truly become a _________________.

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World conflict

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The Allies took advantage of the war to seize German ________________ in the rest of the world.

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Colonies

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The United States tried to remain neutral, but ______________ submarine warfare by the Germans brought America into the war in 1917.

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Unrestricted

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World War I affected the lives of all citizens in the warring countries, however remote they might be from the _____________.

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Battlefields

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____________________ regimes such as Germany, Russia, and Austria-Hungary relied on force to subdue their populations.

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authoritarian

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In some countries, the role played by women in wartime econmic had a ______________ impact on the women's movement for social and political ________________.

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Positive, emancipation

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Russia was _______________ for the total war of World War I.

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Unprepared

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_______________________ was increasingly cut off from events by his wife.

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Czar Nicholas II

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In March 1917, a series of strikes led by ________________ started in Petrograd.

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Women

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Nicholas ordered troops to break up crowds by _______________ if necessary.

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Shooting

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A socialist group, the ______________, represented the radical intrests of lower classes.

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Soviets

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The Bolsheviks were a ______________ party called the Russian Social Democrats.

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Marxist

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The Bolsheviks came under the leadership of V.I. _____________

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Lenin

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They became a party dedicated to _____________ revolution.

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Violent

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"Peace, _____________, Bread" was one solgan of the Bolshevik program.

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Land

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On November 6, 1917, the Bolshevik seized the ________________________.

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Winter Place

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Real power stayed with the ______________ headed by Lenin.

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Council

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Many people were ________________ to the Bolshevik, or Communist, regime.

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Opposed

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Allied forces gave _________________ to anticommunist forces.

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Material aid

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By 1920, major opposition to the communists had been ____________.

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Defeated

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On July 16, 1918, soviets _______________ Czar Nicholas and his family

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Murdered

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Lenin and the communists ______________ in the civil war.

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Triumphed

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Leon Trosky organized a well disacplined ______________.

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Red Army

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The Communists had a ______________ sense of pourpose.

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Single minded

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Secert police began a ________________ aimed at crushing dissent.

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Red terror

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Allied _______________ ont he western front had been badly defeated.

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Offensives

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The entry of the United States into teh war in 1917 gave the Allies a much-needed _____________________ boost.

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Psychological

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The withdrawl of the Russians allowed Germany to concentrate on the __________________.

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Western Front

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After Williams II's departure, the_______________in Germany Germany under Frederick Elbert announce the creation of a_______________ republic.

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Social Democrats, democratic

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Intense at revolution left German middle class with deep fear of __________________.

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Communism

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________________ among the nations that succeeded Austria - hungray would weaken eastern Europe for the next 80 years.

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Rivalries

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In January 1919, representatives of 27 victorious allied nations met in_________ to make a final settlement of World War I.

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Paris

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U.S. President Woodrow Wilson portrayed World War I as people's war againist "__________________ and ____________________".

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Absolutism and militarism

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What car would be built in less than three hours?

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The Ford model T

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List two things consumers could now do with their time.

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A. Ride bikes B. Buy new consumer goods

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What was the most popular spectator sport?

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Baseball

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What happened on April 14, 1912?

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The titanic sunk

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List two conditions of the working class.

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Bad living conditions and 12 hour workdays

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What happened at the triangle garment factory?

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(March 25, 1911 N.Y, N.Y) 146 died in all, a fire swept through the company. Exit doors have been locked from inside in violation of safety laws, the workers mostly other girls, died inside or jumped to their deaths

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What was the philosophy of Eugene Debs?

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Socialism

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What office did he run for?

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He ran for president in 19 tall as the socialist parties candidate. He's at 6% of the popular vote

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List four new technologies that were used in World War I?

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a. Machine guns B. Barbed wire C. More powerful artillery D. Airplanes and poison gas

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Name the battle where the soldiers taken two front in taxicabs?

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The first battle of Marne

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On the Western front, where did soldiers live?

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Trenches

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What was the area between the opposing groups of soldiers called?

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No man's land

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What was special about Christmas 1914 during World War I?

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Truce was called and French, German, and French troops met and exchanged gifts

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I really wanted to get it independence from this country.

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England

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Who wanted the right to vote in national elections?

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Woman

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Who did the women help in the war effort?

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They worked in munitions factories and hospitals

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What you say elected the first woman representative to Congress?

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Montana, Jeanette Rankin, 1916

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Amendment to the United States Constitution gave women the right to vote?

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19th

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What was the sound the bands played?

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Jazz

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What was the title of the movie about the Civil War?

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"The birth of a nation"

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When the African-Americans left the rual south, where did they move to?

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Chicago and other major cities in the north

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Where the people who left the south welcomed in their new homes?

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No. African-Americans were not welcomed by whites

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What type of Nabel operation was used by the Germans to sink the Lusitanaia?

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Unrestricted submarine warfare

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What country in North America did the Germans trying to get to side with them?

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Mexico

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What year did the United States entered the war?

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1917

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Did the government do when men will not sign up for the service in the war?

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Passed a draft law and espionage act

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Locations cannot be sent through the mail during World War I?

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Publications that wre critical of the war effort

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Country was the weak link in the allied alliance?

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Russia

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What happens to a countryman the government prints too much money?

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Inflation

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What Russian leader did the Germans sent to Russia from Switzerland?

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Lenin

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What was the dtae the Russia left World War I?

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January, 1918

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What was the date for ending World War I?

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November 11, 1918

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What was the name of the international organization of countries proposed by Wilson?

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The league of Nations

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What did Wilson do to promote the treaty of Versailles and the Leauge of Nations?

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He went on a speaking tour

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What happened to the president while he was promoting the treaty and the leauge in the United States?

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He got sick, came home and had a stroke

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What was the name of the opposing armies fighting tnd Russian Revolution?

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The Red Army and the White Army (red-communist / white - loyal to czar)

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What were the two upset ideas of government being proposed in the period after worl war I?

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Wilsonian Democracy and Leninist Communism

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What was the great sickness that spread in the United States?

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Summer of 1918 - end of 1919, the flu

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