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- 2. alliance in world war one formed by Russia, Serbia, France, Great Britain, and eventually the United States and other minor countries
- 7. one of the British passenger ships attacked by German Submarine warfare - due to American casualties, it was a major cause for the U.S. declaring war on Germany
- 9. Germany's attempt at instigating a war between Mexico and the United States in order to keep the U.S. from declaring war on Germany - it was a major reason the U.S. entered world war one against Germany
- 12. the policy of extending a nation’s authority over other countries by economic, political, and/or military means - was a long term cause of world war one
- 13. groups that resisted Austrian-Hungarian Empire and assassinated the Archduke Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo
- 15. devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation which caused antagonism and competition among rival European nation-states, and various ethnic groups within larger empires resented domination and worked for their nation to become independent
- 17. law signed by US Congress in 1917 requiring all 18 year old males to register for the military draft - contributed significantly to troops in world war one
- 19. condition of the Treaty of Versailles that placed the five countries formed out of the Ottoman Empire under the protectorates of Great Britain and France
- 20. official position of the United States toward world war one for the first three years
- 21. a term that describes the use of machine guns, airplanes, poison gas, tanks, submarines, etc. in war
- 22. mutual agreement between like-minded governments to provide collective security over military or political matters - was a long term cause for world war one
- 23. style of warfare used in world war one in which opposing sides fought from "trenches" and led to a stalemate
- 24. condition of the Treaty of Versailles that placed all the blame for the war on Germany, and led to punitive action toward Germany
- 25. an agency of the federal government during world war one that coordinated business and industry to produce goods for war
- 26. region of south-east Europe considered a "powder keg" and "the sick man" in the years prior to world war one
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- 1. alliance in world war one formed by Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria
- 3. president of the United States during world war one who also negotiated the Treaty of Versailles
- 4. the development of armed forces and their use as a tool of foreign policy - was a long term cause for world war one
- 5. a forum for nations to settle their grievances without war - it was part of the Treaty of Versailles
- 6. action US Congress took in regard to the Treaty of Versailles
- 8. condition in the Treaty of Versailles which forced Germany to pay $33 Billion to the Allied powers for war damages
- 10. peace agreement that ended world war one, but unintentionally led to world war two
- 11. an agreement to end armed conflict - this was the way world war one ended on November 11th, 1918
- 14. plan for peace developed by US President Woodrow Wilson that included plans for 1)Freedom of the Seas, 2) Self determination for nations, and 3) a League of Nations
- 16. location in France where the peace conference to end world war one was held in 1919
- 18. heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne who was assassinated in Sarajevo by Serbian nationalists; igniting the “powder keg” which led to World War One