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| Militarism | The policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war
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| Triple Alliance | An association of the city-states of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan, which led to the formation of the Aztec Empire
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| Kaiser Wilhelm II | A German Empire
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| Triple Entente | A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding WW1
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| Schlieffen Plan | Germany's military plan at the outbreak of WW1, according t0 which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia
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| Central powers | The nations of Germany and Austria- Hungary, along with the other nations that fought on their side
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| Allies | Other nations that fought on their side; also, the group of nations- including Great Britain, Soviet Union, and United States
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| Western Front | The region of northern France where the forces of the Allies and the Central Powers battled each other
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| trench warfare | A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield
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| Eastern Front | The region along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks
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| unrestricted submarine warfare | The use of submarines to sink without warning and ship found in an enemy's water
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| total war | A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort
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| rationing | The limiting of the amounts of goods people can buy- often imposed by governments during wartime, when goods are in short supply
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| propaganda | Information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent's cause
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| armistice | An agreement to stop fighting
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| Woodrow Wilson | The 28th President of the United States, serving two terms from 1913-1919. A leading Progressive, arguing for a stronger central government and fighting for anti-trust legislation and labor rights.
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| Georges Clemenceau | French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles. A man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs.
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| David Lloyd George | A key figure in the introduction of many reforms which laid the foundations of the modern welfare state.
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| Fourteen Points | series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after WW1
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| self-determination | The freedom of a people to decide under what form of government they wish to live
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| Treaty of Versallies | The peace treaty signed by Germany and the Allied powers after WW1
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| League of Nations | An international association formed after WW1 with the goal of keeping peace among nations
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