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WHO was one of the most decorated soldiers of the United States Army
What is Alvin York
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was a war bond that was sold in the United States to support the allied cause in World War I. Subscribing to the bonds became a symbol of patriotic duty in the United States and introduced the idea of financial securities to many citizens for the first time.
What is Liberty Bonds
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a wearing down or weakening of resistance, especially as a result of continuous pressure or harassment
What is attrition
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was a United States federal agency created in two different incarnations, the first by President Woodrow Wilson from 1918–19 during World War I and the second by President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1942–45 during World War II.
What is National War Labor Board
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a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
What is trench warfare
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were a group of volunteers authorized by the US President Woodrow Wilson, to give four-minute speeches on topics given to them by The Committee on Public Information.
What is Four Minute Men
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was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I.
What is Treaty of Versailles
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was a British ocean liner that was sunk by a German submarine
What is Lusitania
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Compensation demanded by a victorious nation from a defeated nation.
What is reparations
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would engage in unrestricted submarine warfare beginning 1 February.
What is U-Boat
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was the main theatre of war during World War I.
What is Western Front
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Virtually all male U.S. citizens, regardless of where they live, and male immigrants, whether documented or undocumented, residing in the United States, who are 18 through 25, are required to register with Selective Service
What is Selective Service Act of 1917
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a rise in military expenditure, an increase in military and naval forces, more influence of the military men upon the policies of the civilian government, and a preference for force as a solution to problems.
What is militarism
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was a promise made in 1916 during World War I by Germany to the United States prior to the latter's entry into the war.
What is Sussex Pledge
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the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.
What is Espionage
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were a group of nations fighting against the Allied Powers during World War I; The members included Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria and their territories.
What is Central Powers
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was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered
What is Sedition Act of 1918
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ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, a government, etc.
What is propaganda
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is the act of assembling and making both troops and supplies ready for war.
What is mobilization
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a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, planted to increase food production during a war.
What is Victory gardens
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which can be defined as a group of merchant vessels sailing together, with or without naval escort, for mutual security and protection
What is convoy system
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an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time
What is armistice
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was an internal diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States' entering World War I against Germany.
What is Zimmerman Telegram
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was a statement of principles for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
What is Wilson’s 14 Points
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the action or process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of someone or something through sustained attack or pressure.
What is attrition