World War I Concepts and Events

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The idea that people of a nation are connected to each other and have pride in what connects them.

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Nationalism

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A form of military conflict in which opposing sides fought one and other from trenches facing one and other.

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Trench Warfare

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A secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the prior event of the United States entering World War I against Germany.

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Zimmerman Note

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Allowed a citizen to be fined or imprisoned for speaking out against the government or the war effort.

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Espionage and Sedition Act

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A law that gave the US federal government the right to raise a national army through conscription.

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Selective Service Act

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A list of terms issued by President Wilson to end WW1 and prevent future wars.

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Fourteen Points

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The treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1919 after the end of World War I which demanded reparations from Germany and blamed it for the war.

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Treaty of Versailles

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The movement in large numbers of African Americans during and after World War I from the rural South to industrial cities of the Northeast and Midwest.

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Great Migration

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An agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.

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Armistice

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An American general who led troops against 'Pancho' Villa in 1916.

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John J. Pershing