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6531584820Entangling Alliancescountries felt very loyal to alliances, so when one country had a conflict with another, it led to allied countries having conflicts with other allied countries0
6531584821Militarismglorification of the military, brickmanship1
6531584822Nationalismthe way to prove that your country was the best was through war, many nation-states also sought independence2
6531584823Imperialismimperialized territories enter the war with their european country to make it a full world war, many european countries also sought more expansion3
6531584824Pan-Slavisma movement which crystallised in the mid-19th century, aimed at unity of all the Slavic peoples. Its main impact occurred in the Balkans, where non-Slavic empires - the Byzantine Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Venice - had ruled the South Slavs for centuries.4
6531584825Triple AllianceGermany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy5
6531584826Triple EntenteBritain, France, and Russia6
6531584827Sarajevowhere Archduke and wife were killed by Serbs7
6531584828U-BoatsGerman submarines; a new weapon of the war; convoys were used to stop them8
6531584829LusitaniaBritish passenger boat with 128 Americans on board sunk by German U-Boats. It also secretly had ammunition in the hold; one of the reasons the US joins the war9
6531584830Schlieffen PlanGermany couldn't fight two front war so they would defeat weaker France first and then mobilize troops to Russia10
6531584831Central PowersAustria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire11
6531584832Otto von BismarckA master of alliances and counter-alliances. Made an alliance with Austria-Hungary. William ii let him go because he wanted full power of Germany.12
6531584833Kaiser Wilhelm IKing of Prussia and the first German Emperor13
6531584834Kaiser Wilhelm IIhe last German Emperor and King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia14
6531584835John "Black Jack" Pershinggeneral in the United States Army who led the American Expeditionary Forces to victory over Germany in World War I15
6531584836Sgt. Alvin Yorkwas one of the most decorated soldiers of the United States Army in World War I.16
6531584837Eddie Rickenbackeran American fighter ace in World War I and Medal of Honor recipient. With 26 aerial victories, he was America's most successful fighter ace in the war17
6531584838Franz FerdinandWhose assassination in Sarajevo set in motion the events that started WWI Arch Duke and heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne .18
6531584839Manfred von RIchthoffenalso widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service during the First World War19
6531584840Erich von Ludendorffa German general, the victor of the Battle of Liège and the Battle of Tannenberg20
6531584841William Simsan admiral in the United States Navy who commanded all United States naval forces operating in Europe21
6531584842Winston Churchilla British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom22
6531584843trench warfarea type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.23
6531584844alliesone side of WW1, included Britain, The U.S., France, Italy, and Russia24
6531584845no mans landterritory between rival Trenches, neither side could use it25
6531584846machine guna defensive weapon that changed war forever. Lead to trench warfare, and made it hard for armies to progress.26
6531584847dogfightsplane fights27
6531584848Zimmerman Note1917 A telegram Germany Sent to Mexico. Saying if Mexico joins Central Powers then you will regain the lands lost to Americans.28
6531584849SussexSussex was a cross-English Channel passenger ferry, built in 1896 for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway29
6531584850David Lloyd Georgewas a liberal British statesman who became prime minister during World War I30
6531584851Woodrow Wilsonhe 28th U.S. president, served in office from 1913 to 1921 and led America through World War I; fought for democracy and peace31
6531584852Georges Clemenceaustatesman and journalist who was a dominant figure in the French Third Republic and a premier32
6531584853Vittorio OrlandoItalian statesman and prime minister during the concluding years of World War I and head of his country's delegation to the Versailles Peace Conference.33
6531584854Herbert Hooverhelped "Hooverize"34
6531584855Eugene V. Debsarrested because of E/S Act35
6531584856Marshal Focha French general and Marshal of France, Great Britain and Poland, a military theorist and the Allied Supreme Allied Commander during the final year of the First World War36
6531584857League of Nationsan international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.37
6531584858Versailles TreatyGermany and the Allied Nations (including Britain, France, Italy and Russia) signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the war38
6531584859Espionage and Sedition ActsE: gave postal officials the authority to ban newspapers and magazines from the mails and threatened individuals convicted of obstructing the draft S: made it a federal offense to use "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the Constitution, the government, the American uniform, or the flag39

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