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World War I

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John J. Pershing
Led first U.S. troops into France
The Spark
the assasination of archduke Franz Ferdinand heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip
Allied powers
Great Britain Italy Russia France and later the U.S.
article 10
Any LON member that is attacked will have the full support of the other permanent members
Britain
David Lloyd George
Self determination
the right for people to govern themselves
WWI results
8.5 mil dead 21 mil wounded northern France destroyed
Italy
Vittorio Orlando
Sussex pledge
Agreement with Germany to restrict U-boat Warfare
Committee on public info
headed by George Creel but was Pres. Wilson's idea
Was widely used by both sides
Poison gas
Central Powers
Germany Austria-hungry Turkey and Bulgaria
National defense act
increased the # of Army Navy and National guard
what weapon did mainly Germans use
Machine guns
Herbert Hoover
head of the food administration encouraged wheatless heatless and meatless days
What was the allies weapon
Tanks
France
Georges Clemenceau
Challenges to Neutrality
Britain stopped all ships heading for neutral countries to inspect them Germans established the war zone sinking of Lusitania
trench warfare
widely used in WWI ditches dug into the ground (disease flood rats delayed burying and sickness.)
U.S.
Woodrow Wilson
The great migration
200,000 to 500,000 africans moved north from 1915 to 1930

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