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Cause of the War:
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Alliance System
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Nationalism
Imperialism
Allies
Central Powers
Austria
Serbia
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America moves towards war:
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American Neutrality
U- Boats
Business Links
Sussex Pledge
Zimmermann Telegram
Lusitania
President Woodrow Wilson
British Blockade
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
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War on the Home Front:
 Selective Service Act
 Women in the Military & at Home
 American Industries
 Victory Gardens
 Paying for the War
 Liberty Bonds
 Food & Fuel
 African American in the War
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Mobilizing the War:
 Woman Support the Industry
 The Great Migration
 National War Labor Board
 Espionage Act
 Sedition Act
 1st Amendment
 Selling the War
 Schenck v. United States
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Fighting the War:
 Trench Warfare
 New Technology
 Allies
 Central Powers
 No Man’s Land
 Airplanes
 Tanks
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Ending with Peace:
 14 points
 League of Nations
 President Wilson
 Treaty of Versailles
 U.S Senate Rejects Treaty
 Argonne Forest
 J. J Pershing
 Armistice
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The War’s Impact:
 Cost of Living
 Racism
 Red Summer
 Strikes
 Inflation
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The War’s Impact Part 2:
 Racism
 Red Scare
 Communist
 Progressivism
 Palmer Raids
 Communist International