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WWI exam study stack

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In 1918, the War Industries Board was organized under the leardership of   Bernard M. Baruch  
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Muckraking journalist who led the Committee on Public Information, the nation's first propaganda agency   George Creel  
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Under which a person could be fined and/or thrown in prison for interfering withthe war effort.   Espianoge and Sedition Acts  
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Large-scale movement of hundreds of thousands of Southern African Americans to the North   Great Migration  
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Treaty rejected by the Senate, and included a "war-guilt" clause blaming Germany for the war   Treaty of Versailles  
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Called of a League of Nations, freedom of the seas, and called for a change in colonial policies   Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points  
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Alliances, Imperialism, Militarism, Nationalism   Causes of WWI  
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Caused widespread starvation in Germany   British Blockade  
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What the US did to deal with U-Boats   group of guarded ships called convoys  
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Result of the Selective Service Act   men were required to register for military service  
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weapons of mechanized warfare   airplanes and tanks  
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Policy that kept the US out of the war   Neutrality  
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reason the war did not just involve Austria-Hungary and Serbia   Alliance system  
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Most compelling reason for the US to go to war in WWI   outrage of American death due to German submarine warfare  
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American supporters of WWI claimed the US was fighting a moral war because   The joined the war only after Russia's oppressive monarcy was replaced  
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Commanded the American Expeditionary Force (AEF)   John J. Pershing  
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Admiral William S. Sims convinced the British to use this as a hinderance to German U-boat attacks   convoy system  
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This term describes a person who opposes warfare on moral grounds   conscientious objector  
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This began with the introduction of the tank and airplane as weapons   mechanized warfare  
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Having shot down 26 enemy planes, he was America's leading ace pilot in the war   Eddie Rickenbacker  
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Involved merchant vessels traveling in large groups with naval ships acting as guards   convoy system  
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required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service   Selective Service Act  
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Although American women served in the navy, marines, and Army Corps of Nurses, they were not subject to this.   Selective Service Act  
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Armed only with a rifle and a revolver, he killed 25 Germans and with 6 other soldiers, captured 132 prisoners.   Alvin York  
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His assassination sparked World War I   Archduke Franz Ferdinand  
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British liner was sunk by German U-boats   Lusitania  
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In 1914,this alliance included France, Britain, and Russia   Allies  
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In 1914, this alliance consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire   Central Powers  
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Contained a suggestion of alliance between Mexico and Germany that deeply angered the American people   Zimmerman Note  
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This long term cause of war involved the development of the armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy   Militarism  
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Closely linked with industrialization,this long-term cause of the war involved a contest for colonies   Imperialism  
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This long-term cause of war encouraged competitiveness between nations and encouraged various ethnic groups to attempt to create nations of their own.   Nationalism  
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