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| What caused the United States to enter World War I? |
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| The U.S. entered WWI when the Germans sent a secret telegram promising to return Mexican land that America had claimed during the war. |
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| What happened during the ten tragic days? |
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| Madero troops and rebel fighters shot at each other inside Mexico City and that caused fires that burned houses and stores. |
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| Why was the rest of the World so furious when the Germans sank the Lusitania? |
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| Because it was a passenger ship and sinking that ship was against the law. |
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| Why did the British begin to worry when the Germans marched through Belgium? |
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| The British worried that Germany would take over all of Europe. |
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| Why was Porfirio Diaz the president of Mexico for so long? |
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| He scared his opponents off. |
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| When Francisco Madero ran against Porfinio Diaz, what happened? |
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| Diaz had Madero arrested and thrown in jail. |
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| For many years the people of Europe called WWI _______. |
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| Great Britain, France, Russia, and other countries were called ________. |
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| ______, a cattle thief and bandit became a warrior who fought against the Mexican government. |
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| During WWI, Great Britain passed a new law called the ______, which allowed the government to order men to join the army. |
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| ______ was the leader of a group of rebels who removed President Madero from office. |
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| During WWI, Austria, Germany, Bulgaria, and The Ottoman Turks were known as the _________. |
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| A German submarine fired a torpedo and sank the Lusitania. |
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| The Austro-Hungarian declared war. |
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| United States declared war on Germany. |
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| Franz Fernidand was shot by a 19 year old. |
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| Germany marched through Belgium and headed to France. |
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| Great Britain declared war on Germany. |
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| How did WWI show that women should be allowed to vote? |
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| Since women did mens jobs very well it seemed only right that women should be allowed to vote. |
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| How did American women help during WWI? |
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| They weren't allowed to fight, but they served as nurses, clerks, telephone operators, electricians, and photographers. |
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| Why did the President think that the U.S. had to join WWI? |
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| President Wilson thought that the U.S. had to join the war so that the democratic countries of Europe would not lose the right to elect their own leaders. |
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| Why did the Bolsheviks rename some of Russia's cities? |
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| The communist believed that Christianity was false and wrong, so they changed the names of the cities in Russia that were named after Christian Saints. |
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| Why did Lenin think that peasants had the right to take over from the rich? |
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| Because the wealthy has so often earned their money by forcing the poor to work hard for very little reward. |
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| What problem did the Russian's face when they entered WWI? |
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| They were not prepared and had no weapon. |
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| Women who protested and spoke in public about their right to vote were called ________. |
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| During WWI American soldiers were nicknamed ________. |
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| __________ was the President of the U.S. during WWI. |
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| Lenin was the leader of the Bolshevicks who took over the Russian government and renamed themselves the _____________. |
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| __________was the leader of the Provisional Government in Russia. |
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| _______ was the name of the monk who claimed he can heal the Czar's son. |
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| The Russian army entered WWI. |
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| 2 million soldiers quit and marched home. |
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| The Bolshevicks siezed control of the government. |
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| Nicholas II tookover control of the Russian army. |
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| The Czar and his family were killed. |
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| Nicholas II gave up the throne and the Provisional. |
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| The British moved the capital of India to ______. |
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| The British called India the _______ which means Kingdom. |
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| A Sinn Fein leader named Michail Collins organized an army called ____________. |
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| The six countries of Northern Ireland were called ________. |
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| The ______ Party was lead by Ghandi. |
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| Members of the ___________ hoped that the Irish would stop speaking English. |
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| A non violent fight for freedom and justice. |
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| How did the British try to improve life in India? |
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| They built railroads and roads, telegraph lines, and improved India's harbors so that more ships could trade in India's ports. |
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| What happened during the Easter Uprising? |
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| Irish rebels took control of the post office in Dublin buildings. After a week 4 hundred had been killed. |
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| What happened when demonstrators met in Amritsar? |
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| The British shot at unarmed people. Over 300 people were killed and over a thousand were hurt. |
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| What did the treaty between Sinn Fein and the British government say? |
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| This treaty would make most of Ireland into a country called The Irish Free State like Canada. The Irish Free State would still be loyal to the British Monarch but it would rule itself, have its own Parliment, and make its own laws. |
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| Why did many of the Irish in Northern Ireland oppose home rule? |
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| Many of the people who lived in Northern Ireland were Protestants, and they were warned that if Irish self-rule were restored they might be treated badly by the Catholic Majority. |
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| Sinn Fein set up its own government called Dail Ereann. |
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| The British government allowed the Irish Free State to become an independent country. |
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| 400 people died during the Easter uprising. |
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| Protestants in Northern Ireland signed a document that promised they would fight back if the British gave Ireland home rule. |
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| Sinn Fein signed a treaty with the British government. |
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| Resistance groups such as Sin Fein and Irish Land League began to form in Ireland. |
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