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World War I
Flash cards for World War I
Question | Answer |
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What countries consisted of the Triple Alliance known as the Triple Entente? | Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Japan |
Which countries consisted of the Central powers? | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire |
What is trench warfare? | Armies fighting for mere yards of ground; continued for three years during this war. |
Who is a conscientious objector? | Any person who opposes warfare on moral grounds. |
What is propaganda? | Biased communication designed to influence people's thoughts and actions. |
The espionage and sedition acts entailed what? | a person could be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal about the U.S. |
The fourteen points called for the creation of an international organization to address diplomatic crises like those that had sparked the war was called what? | League of Nations |
What countries did the Treaty of Versailles? | Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia |