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Militarism: early 1900s in Europe, diplomacy had taken a back seat to militarism. Great power: Europe-Austria, Hungary, France, Germany, Great Britain, and Russia.
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Imperialism: 1910, the most desirable colonies had been taken. Competition for the lands that remained led to conflict among the powers of Europe. Leaders in Germany and others countries recognized that they could only expand in Africa by taking land away from other colonizers
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Nationalism:
+the first was tendency for countries such as the great powers to act in their own national interest
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Sinking of the Lusitania: on May 7, 1915, the U-boat fired on the liner, 18 minutes later, the Lusitania disappeared beneath 1200 passengers
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Sussex pledge: German government promised that they would warns the ship before attacking
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Zimmermann note: make a secret offer to Mexico, if Mexico declared war on the US, Germany would reward it with American land in the Southwest.
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Seneta: a group of antiwars senator tried to prevent a vote on Wilson's initiative to arm ships
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Russian revolution: Russia already had suffered enormous casualties in the war: more than 1.5 million killed, roughly by 2.5 million taken prisoners, and millions more wounded.
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Selective Service Act: authorizing a draft of young men for military service .
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First American troops to Europe: arrived in France. American troops surprise the British and French soldiers on the front line with their strength, good health, and energy.
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Fourteen point: Wilson's first point called for and end to secret treaties, a key cause of the war. The remain dealt with a variety of issues related to keeping the peace after the war.
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Armistice: ended fighting on the land, sea and air in WWI
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Paris Peace Conference: Prime Minister David Lloyd George, President Woodrow Wilson, Premier Georges Clemenceau, and Premier Vittorio Orlando
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Versailles Treaty: the great powers signed the treaty at Versailles, the former home of French kings, outside of Paris
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League of Nation: an organization in which the nations of the world would join together to ensure security and peace for all its members
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New country created after WWI: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Uthuania, Foland, Czech, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia
