Chapter 25: World War One Flashcards

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The Black Hand

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A Serbian terrorist organization dedicated to the creation of a pan-Slavic nation

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The Causes of World War One

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Nationalism (increased competition)
Diplomacy(need for power & land)
Minority's wanted a national state
Labor Strikes sparked near revolution
Military growth caused tensions
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Gavrilo Princip

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The guy who assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand

A Bosnian Activist who worked for the Serbian Terrorist group Black Hand

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The Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Heir to the Austrian Throne
Was assassinated
Plunged Europe into world war one

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The Schlieffen Plan

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Germany was to deploy most troops to France for a quick defeat and then send the troops back to Russia to work on fighting them
It was supposed to allow Germany to win the war

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Triple Alliance Vs Triple Entente

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Triple Alliance: Germany, Austria, Italy

Triple Entente: France, Great Britain, Russia

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First Battle of the Marne

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The German army was met in France (at the Marne River) by British and French troops that led a counter attack
The Germans fell back but the French troops were unable to take advantage of this

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Battle of Verdun

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Trench warfare very bloody

German Offensive

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The Battle of the Somme

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British offensive

Trench warfare very bloody

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Lawrence of Arabia

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A British officers in the middle east who got Arab princes to revolt against their Ottoman rulers which ultimately destroyed the rest of the Ottoman Empire

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The Lusitania

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An American liner ship that carried passengers and was shot down by a German torpedo resulting in the deaths of over 100 Americans

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Germanys War Raw Materials Board

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Allocated strategic raw materials to produce the goods that were needed the most
Allowed for the German War Machine to be effectively supplied

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Englands Ministry of Munitions

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Britain created a private industry of munition making factories that produced enough munitions for low profit

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Paul Von Hindenburg

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German Chief of General Staff

Took over German government

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Erich Von Ludendorf

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German deputy chief of staff

Took over German government with Hindenburg

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Georges Clemenceau

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Strong French war leader that developed a successful total war functioning France

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Irelands Easter Uprising

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Members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and Citizens Army occupied government buildings in Dublin of Easter Sunday

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Grigori Rasputin

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Siberian peasant whom the tsarina regarded as holy because he was able to help her son
Interfered with government affairs

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The Bolshevik Revolution

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The soviets over threw the provisional government and tool control of Russia after noticing weakness in the provisional government

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Alexander Kerensky

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Prime minister of Russian provisional government

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V.I. Lenin

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Ruler of the Bolshevik movement
April Theses
Violent

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Leon Trotsky

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Extreme revolutionist
Helped Lenin
Part of the Soviets

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

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Russia wanted peace so they gave up land (Poland, Ukraine, Finland, and Baltic provinces)

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November 11, 1918

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The end of the war

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Rosa Luxemburg & Karl Liebknecht

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Radical Social Democrats who led revolution in Germany

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The Free Corp (Der Frei Korps)

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volunteers of anti-revolutionaries who fought against attempted radicals movement

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The 14 Points

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Woodrow Wilson

His reasons he believed justified American involvement in the war struggle

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League Of Nations

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A league to prevent further war

United nations of back then

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The Treaty of Versailles

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The peace treaty with Germany that made Germans very angry

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Article “231”

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Said that Germany had started the war and was therefore responsible for paying the allies back