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chaper 11
us honors history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| isolationism | when a country doesnt get involved in the affairs of other countries |
| franz ferdinand | the heir to the austrian throne a serb murdered him thus starting world war 2 this is known as the spark of the war |
| gavrilo princip | member of a serbian society called the black hand he murdered franz ferndinand |
| british blockade | a blockade on the german coast that prevented any supplies to get to germany this caused many to starve to death |
| militarism | the development of armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy many belived in it so many countries had a strong military and navy |
| alliance system | to help another country if they are in need in europe there were 2 major alliances the allies and the central powers |
| imperialism | taking over a weaker countries military economics and politics |
| nationalism | putting the needs of your country over the needs of the world expressed as competivness and antagonism towards other countries |
| trench warfare | where one enemy is one one side and the other army is on the other side in the middle is no mans land this included bomb craters only gained a couple of yards |
| war industries board | encourged companies to use mass production techniques to increase efficeny and decrease waste by standardizing products |
| americans helped during world war one by | overcame the uboat attacks, set up mines,freshness and ethusiam, stopped german army in france, helped turn the tide agaisnt the central powers and brought medics |
| selective service act | a law enacted by congress that required men to register for military service increased the # of troops |
| convoy system | when merchant ships would travel in large groups W a gaurd of circling destroyers and cruisers able to stop u boat atacks |
| mechinized warfare | warfare that relies on machines powered by gasoline and diseal engines increased the amount of deaths |
| john j pershing | commanded the american troops belived in strong combat and that trench warfare made the allies defensive |
| treaty of versailles | established nine new nations shifted the boundaries of others demilitarized germany pay reparations and cointained a war guilt clause |
| 14 points | the principles wilson proposed for peace called for a league of nations rejected by the allies |
| german problems with the treaty | detest the treaty humiliated them and they had no way to pay |
| russian problems with the treaty | lost some of their territory needs werent met and were kept out of the peace meeting |
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Drane.M
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