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575209071Central PowersMilitary alliance during WW1 consisting of Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire0
575209072U-BoatGerman Submarine1
575209073LusitaniaBritish passenger liner sunk by German U-boat2
575213423New WeaponsTanks, poison gas, airplanes, machine guns3
575213424Women's rolesTook over jobs of men at war; volunteered at war hospitals4
575213425ArmisticeWas signed Nov. 11, 1918 at 11am to cease fire5
576438324Labor ProblemsDue to the draft there was a lack of European immigration and the union struck short of labor6
576438325David Loyd GeorgeBritish Prime minister that didn't show generosity toward Germans or give up navel supremacy against Wilson's plan7
576438326Selective Service Act1917 required men from 21 to 30 to register with the local draft boards in hope to bring together different backrounds8
576438327Battle of MarneMarked the first turning point in the war, Germany lost a quick victory9
576438328Treaty of VersaillesEnded WW1, German colonies and the Ottoman Empire divided among allied nations as specific in spoils of war treaty; creation of league of nations10
580707519ImperialismBuilding empires by imposing political and economic control over peoples around the world11
580707520IsolationismAvoiding involvement in other country affairs12
580707521MilitarismThe glorification of the military13
580707522Trench WarfareSoldiers fire on one another from opposing lines of dugout trenches14
580707523Alliance SystemGermany formed an alliance with Austria-Hungary15
580707524Archeduke Franz FerdinandHeir to the Austro-Hungarian throne16
580707525War SparkAustria-Hungary accused government of Serbia of supporting terrorism17
580707526June 28, 1914Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia18
580707527August 1,1914Germany declares war on Russia19
580707528August 4, 1914Great Britain declares war on Germany20
580707529PropagandaThe spread of information designed to win support for a cause21
580707530TechnologyMade war more lethal22
580707531140 NationsAgreed to ban the use of chemical weapons in war in 192523
580707532Woodrow WilsonTried to keep the US out of the war and issued the proclamation of strict and impartial neutrality24

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