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What was the government agency that encouraged that businesses adopt mass-production techniques, increasing production substantially?

The war industry board aka WIB

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What was the Sussex Pledge?

Passenger ships are not to be targeted, merchant ship are not to be sunk unless searched for weapons, safety of passengers must be a priority

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One of the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles was what?

Germany had to give up its territories

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The Supreme Court case Schenck v. United States was based on what?

Free speech case of passing out anti-war flyers

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The Huns were a nickname of what nation’s troops?

German

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The Preparedness Movement was blocked initially by what?

Democrats

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Besides military training, the US military also spread knowledge in what area to the recruits?

Reading, nutrition, hygiene

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The Central Powers included what countries?

Germany, Austro-Hungarian empire, Ottoman empire, Bulgaria

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African-American units in World War I were mainly used in what way by the US Army?

Service units

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Who were Gavrilo Princip and Franz Ferdinand?

Gavrilo Princip assassinated Franz, who was the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne

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The major battle fought by the British in their attempt to capture the Dardanelles strait near Constantinople was what?

Gallipoli Campaign

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The United States entered into World War I primarily because of what reason?

The Zimmerman telegram

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What was the significance of Jeannette Rankin of Montana?

First female of congress, pacifist, first to vote against ww2

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What is the acronym MAIN?

Militarism, alliance system, imperialism nationalism

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What two new forms of warfare were introduced during World War I?

Planes and gas

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This country had a mutiny after the devastating Battle of Verdun in 1917?

france

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T. E. Lawrence led native troops in what area of the conflict?

arabia

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Why was Russia not invited to the Versailles Peace Conference?

Russian revolution and already surrendered to the germans

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What were two jobs that women performed in the armed services during World War I?

Nurses and clerks

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President Wilson’s peace plan was known as the what?

14 points

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Why was the Spanish Flu called the Spanish Flu?

It was published in spain

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Why was World War I such a devastating war?

Industrial on both sides

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What led to the failure of Germany’s Schlieffen Plan at the beginning of the war?

Two front war

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1917 was a pivotal year for World War I because of which event?

The russian revolution

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The Allied Powers in 1914 included what countries?

britain , france, russia

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