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Imperialism
Nationalism
Militarism
Alliance System Imperialism
Extending economic and political control over weaker nations
new markets
cultural superiority
desire for military strength Nationalism
Devotion to the interest and culture of one nation
lead to competition
Russia vs. Austria-Hungry
Fight over Serbia Alliance System
Formal agreement or union between nations -
gavrilo princip killed him because he wanted to make a greater serbia.
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Allies Triple Alliance
France Germany
Britain Austria-Hungry
Russia Italy
USA + Ottoman Empire
= Central Powers -
toxic gas, tanks, airplanes
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first battle in serbia
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rats the size of cats and its extremly wet
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purpose was to stop war supplies from going to germany
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many people in world war 1 moved to other places not affected by war
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was sunk by german u boat
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Zimmermann Note
Germans declare war on US
Want Mexico and Japan to join them
Mexico will acquire land in America -
wilson wins
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they join because of the lusitania and the zimmerman note
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24 million signed up
3 million get drafted
Exemption Deferrals -
prohibited any attempt to interfere with military operations
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they farmed and worked at factorys
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he thought that the espionage acts where unconstitutional so he sent pamphlets to soldiers saying that they couldnt be forced to fight
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George Creel
Head of the CPI
Former Muckraker -
Woodrow Wilson (US)
Georges Clemenceau (France)
David Lloyd George (UK)
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (Italy) -
woodrow wilsion
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stopped all fighting
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said that they should make more countrys. woodrow wilsion made it
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The main terms of the Versailles Treaty were:
The surrender of all German colonies overseas as League of Nations mandates;
The return of Alsace-Lorraine to France;
Cession of Eupen-Malmedy to Belgium, Memel to Lithuania, the Hultschin district to Czechoslovakia;
Most of the province of Posen, and also most of West Prussia to Poland;
A part of industrial Upper Silesia to Poland;
A plebiscite to be held in another part of Upper Silesia to decide whether it should become a part of Poland -
new counrys are Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia
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made to keep the peace between nations
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3 trillion 900 billion 473 million, total dead 16.5 million