20 test Flashcards

1
Q

who continued as chancellor of the new German

A

bismark

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2
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system of alliances that Bismarck created to prevent France from finding a strong ally for fear that France would seek revenge for its humiliating loss in the Franco-Prussian War

A

bismarks system

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3
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy together in an anti-French coalition

A

Triple Alliance

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4
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secret alliance with Russia and germany

A

reinsurance treaty

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5
Q

became kaiser (emperor) of Germany.
In 1890, he forced Bismarck to resign as chancellor

A

kaiser wilhelm 2

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6
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Britain and France put aside their differences

A

entente cordiale

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7
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between Britain, France, and Russia

A

triple entente

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8
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heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, was assassinated while visiting Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia

A

franz ferdinand

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9
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Germany and Austria-Hungary

A

Central Powers

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10
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Russia, Serbia, and France

A

allied powers

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11
Q

germanys plan to defeat france before war with russia

A

schleifen plan

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12
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defeated the Russians at tannenburg

A

Paul von Hindenburg

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13
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(long, slender airships similar to modern blimps) to bomb eastern England and London

A

zeppelins

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14
Q

german submarine

A

u-boats

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15
Q

british sea liner destroyed by germans

A

luisitania

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16
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russian czar who abdicated in 1917

A

nicholas 2

17
Q

took Russia out of the war

A

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

18
Q

leader of the american expiditionary force

A

John J. “Black Jack” Pershing

19
Q

stopped the German advance

A

ferdinand foch

20
Q

U.S. president

A

Woodrow Wilson

21
Q

French premier

A

Georges Clemenceau

22
Q

British prime minister

A

David Lloyd George

23
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Italian prime minister

A

Vittorio Orlando

24
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Wilson had advocated a moderate settlement.

A

would not seek revenge upon the defeated powers

25
treaty between the Allies and Germany
Treaty of Versailles
26
placed the entire blame for the war on Germany and its allies
war guilt clause
27
turned over territory to Italy and recognized the independence of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, and Yugoslavia
Treaty of St. Germain
28
political unification of austria and germany.
anschluss
29
dismantled the Ottoman Empire
Treaty of Sèvres
30
sought to maintain peace by seeking arms reductions and settling disputes through arbitration
League of Nations
31
formed a committee in 1924 to find a solution to germanys financial problems
Charles Dawes
32
Germany signed a treaty with France and Belgium in which it agreed to recognize its present borders with those two nations as permanent.
locarno pact
33
The elimination of weapons or arms
disarmament
34
Britain, the United States, Japan, and others agreed to limit the number of warships each could build
Washington Naval Conference
35
called upon the nations of the world to renounce the use of war
Kellogg-Briand Pact