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Kaiser Wilhelm II
Announced that U-boats would sink all ships in British Waterr-hostile or neutral.
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Central Powers
Middle Eastern lands: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
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No Mans Land
Area of ground between trenches, cautioned to peer over trench to this in case of snipers.
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Propaganda
Information designed to influence opinion. Skillfully used by the British to sway the American support to their side.
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Armistice
Signed by Germany and it ceased fire and ended the war.
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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
German U-boat captains torpedoed Allied merchant and passenger craft without warning.
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Bonds
Helped to pay for the war. Two types: victory and liberty. If bought Americans were loaning the government money and it was an act of patriotism if bought. In all over $20 million dollars were borrowed
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Selective Service Act
When they realized a draft was necessary this was created as a new system of conscription (forced military service). All men between 21-30 were registered and a lottery determined order called before a draft board that selected or exempted people from military service.
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Convoy system
Merchant vessels that travel in a large group with a guard of circling destroyers and cruisers.
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John J. Pershing
Commanded the American Expeditionary Force. Wanted Americans to fight as an entire unit. Also wanted to get movement going.
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Self-determination
Ethnic and National groups like Croats and Poles should be able to decide their own future.
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Woodrow Wilson
Came up with a plan for world peace called: Wilsons Fourteen Points
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Allies
Triple entente made of France, Great Britian, and Russia. Later U.S and Serbia as well.
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