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|[[Communism]]
 
|[[Communism]]
|an oppressive system of government, beginning in Russia, which states everyone must have the same amount of wealth, which discourages people from working hard
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|an oppressive system of government, beginning in Russia, which requires everyone to be equally poor and discourages people from working hard
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|The enemies of the Allies in WWI, and they were Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman empire.
   
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|[[Allies]]
 
|[[Allies]]
 
|The Allies in WWI were Britain (her colonies), France, Russia, Italy, Japan, and beginning in 1917, the United States; in WWII the Allies were Britain, America, France, and Russia.
 
|The Allies in WWI were Britain (her colonies), France, Russia, Italy, Japan, and beginning in 1917, the United States; in WWII the Allies were Britain, America, France, and Russia.
 
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|[[The Axis]]
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|[[Central Powers]]
|The Axis were the enemies of the Allies in WWII; the Axis consisted of Nazi Germany, Italy (at the start of the war), and Japan, they also included Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia
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|The enemies of the Allies in WWI, and they were Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman empire.
 
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|[[Great War]]
 
|[[Great War]]
|1914-1918: later known as World War I, this was one of the deadliest wars in world history based on trench warfare; the Allies defeated the Central Powers and imposed terms of peace that were so unreasonable they led to World War II
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|1914-1918: later known as World War I, this was one of the deadliest wars in world history based on trench warfare; the Allies defeated the Central Powers and imposed terms of peace on Germany which were so unreasonable that they led to World War II
 
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|Schlieffen Plan
 
|Schlieffen Plan
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|Entrenchment
 
|Entrenchment
|the first year and a half of World War I (1914-15) during which there were terrible casualties without either side gaining the upper hand.   
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|the first year-and-a-half of World War I (1914-15) during which there were terrible casualties without either side gaining the upper hand.   
 
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|[[First Battle of Marne]]
 
|[[First Battle of Marne]]
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|[[U-boat]]
 
|[[U-boat]]
|German submarines used to patrol the Atlantic in a terrifying manner and intercept British ships; the U-boats eventually sunk American ships too
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|German submarines used to patrol the Atlantic in a terrifying manner and destroy British ships; the U-boats eventually sunk American ships too
 
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|[[Gallipoli Campaign]]
 
|[[Gallipoli Campaign]]
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|[[Lusitania]]
 
|[[Lusitania]]
|a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915, killing 1,198 people, including 128 U.S. citizens; this outraged the American public and led later to the U.S. entry into WW I.
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|a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915, killing 1,198 people, including 128 U.S. citizens; this outraged the American public and led later to the U.S. entry into WW I in 1917.
 
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|[[Battle of Verdun]]
 
|[[Battle of Verdun]]
|(1916) longest battle of WWI with massive casualties with nothing gained by either side with nearly 1 million wounded or killed; began when Germans attacked the French city of Verdun
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|(1916) longest battle of WWI with massive casualties and nothing gained by either side with nearly 1 million wounded or killed; began when Germans attacked the French city of Verdun
 
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|[[Manfred von Richtofen]]
 
|[[Manfred von Richtofen]]
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|[[World War I]] (WWI)
 
|[[World War I]] (WWI)
|(1914-1918) also known as ''The Great War'', the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary fought against the Entente of Britain, France and Russia; the war ended with the economic collapse of the Central Powers in November 1918 after 4 years of brutal fighting and a successful blockade on Germany
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|(1914-1918) also known as ''The Great War'', the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary fought against the Entente of Britain, France and Russia (and later, the U.S.); the war ended with the economic collapse of the Central Powers in November 1918 after 4 years of brutal fighting and a successful blockade on Germany
 
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|[[World War II]] (WWII)
 
|[[World War II]] (WWII)
|began in the 1930s when Germany invaded Poland, and lasted until 1945 when the Allied powers defeated the Axis powers and forced them to surrender
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|began on Sept. 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, and lasted until 1945 when the Allied powers defeated the Axis powers and forced them to surrender
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|[[The Axis]]
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|The Axis were the enemies of the Allies in WWII; the Axis consisted of Nazi Germany, Italy (at the start of the war), and Japan, they also included Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia
 
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|[[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]
 
|[[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]
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