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People have a lot of pride in their countries, this led to a competition to make the other countries scared of your country.
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Stronger counties started to take over Sammler territories to gain power and benefit economically, politically, & socially
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War broke out in Europe in 1914, America adopted a neutral stance. The sinking of Lusitania changed this.
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The building up of armies caused competition to be the most powerful and others feared being taken over.
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German Submarine fired a torpedo and sank the ship
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The Sussex was aFrench passenger steamship, the Geramn sunk it on March 24, 1916
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Turning the clocks one hour ahead in summer was so that more hours of the day were available for work. Turning the clock back 1 hour in the summer also reduced the need for light bulbs and lowered the need for fuel.
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The Zimmerman Note was sent on January 16, 1917. The not was sent from Germany and the author was Arthur Zimmermann
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The act required all men ages 21 to 30 to register for military service at polling stations. This was the first time the U.S. government had made a draft before entering a war.
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The Espionage Act- A U.S. federal law, was passed on June 15th, 1917. The Sedition Act- Made it illegal to speak against the war publicly, this law was passed in 1918
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These acts gave the President power to manage the distribution and production of the food and fuel to the war effort.
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The first American troops, or the "Doughboys", landed in Europe in June 1917. The AEF did not like the front until October 21, 1917, when the 1st Division fired the first American shell of the war toward German lines, although they participated only on a small scale.
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A revolution in Russia in 1917-1918, that overthrew the czar and brought the Bolsheviks, a Communist party led by Lenin, to power.
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cease-fire" civilian German representative signed this to end the war, 6 hours later there were no more gunshots heard.
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An agreement to ensure a world war would never happen again, January 1919 in Paris.
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international organization founded in 1919 to promote world peace and cooperation but greatly weakened by the refusal of the United States to join. It proved ineffectual in stopping aggression by Italy, Japan, and Germany in the 1930s
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A treaty that ended WW1, blamed Germany for the war, and made things a lot harder for the next generation with punishment.
