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Foundations - Ch 29 - WWI Flashcards

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what is the acronym to remembering the underlying causes of WWI

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M.A.I.N.

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what were the underlying causes of the war

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Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

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what is militarism

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a policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war

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what was the spark of the revolution

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the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary

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what was the Triple Alliance

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a military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the years preceding WWI

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who originally formed the triple alliance and why did he do it

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Otto Von Bismark of Germany bc he believed france posed the greatest threat to peace in Europe so he wanted to isolate it and take allies away from it

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what was the Triple Entente

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a military alliance between France, GB, and Russia in the years preceding WWI

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what was the Black Hand

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a secret society committed to ridding Bosnia of Austrian rule

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who assassinated Ferdinand

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Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian member of the Black Hand

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what was the schielffen plan

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Germany’s military plan at the outbreak of WWI, according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia so they wouldn’t have to fight a war on two fronts

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did the Schlieffen plan work

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no

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why didn’t the schlieffen plan work

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no because France defeated Germany at the first battle of the marne, and by the time that battle ended, Russian forces had already invaded Germany on the eastern front

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why was it significant that the schlieffen plan didn’t work

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Germany/the central powers had to fight a long war on two fronts

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who were part of the central powers

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germany, A-H, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire

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who were part of the allied powers

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Russia, France, Italy, Serbia, GB, Belgium, Japan, Romania, Portugal, and Greece

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why did GB enter the war

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germany attacked Belgium (a neutral nation) in order to go thru the schlieffen plan and GB had a treaty with Belgium to protect them

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what was the western front

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the region of northern france where the forces of allies and the central powers battled each other

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what was the eastern front

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the region along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks

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what is trench warfare

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a form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield

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what was the worst part about trench warfare

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it led to stalemates, which caused a huge loss in human life but hardly any land gain

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was life in the trenches nice

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no it was pure misery

22
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what is “no man’s lan”

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the space between the opposing trenches

a bombed out landscape basically

23
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what new weapons were used in WWI

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poison gas
machine guns
tanks
submarines

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what did poison gas do

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caused blindness, sever blisters, and death by choking

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what did the machine gun do

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could wipe out waves of attackers and made it difficult for forces to advance

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what was a tank/what could it do

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an armored combat vehicle that could cross many types of terrains

27
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what was the submarines primary weapon

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the torpedo, an underwater missile

28
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what did all the new technology do

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kill greater numbers of people more effectively but it did not make the war more fast moving

29
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why was Russia’s involvement in the war so important to the other Allies

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its huge population allowed it to tie up hundreds of thousands of German troops in the east so Germany could not hurl its full fighting force at the west

30
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what is total war

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a conflict in which the participating countries donate all of their resources to the war effort

31
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what is unrestricted submarine warfare

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the use of submarines to sink without warning any ship (including neutral ships and unarmed passenger liners) found in an enemy’s waters

32
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why did America become involved in the War

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because of Germany’s use of unrestricted submarine warfare in sinking american ships
they intercepted the Zimmermann Note

33
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what was the Zimmermann Note

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a telegram from Germany to Mexico stating that Germany would help M regain the land they lost to the US if M would ally with G

34
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which side did America join

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the Allies

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why did America join the allies

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bc they shared a common history, language, and gov with GB & it had stronger economic ties w the allies than w the central

36
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what happened in total war

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gov controls the economy
food is rationed
draft for the war
women were put into the workforce
information and opinion were controlled (censorship and propaganda)
37
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what is propaganda

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information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponents cause

38
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what is the difference between propaganda and advertising

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P is more government driven/issued; more political

39
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what are the types of propaganda

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appeal to fear
appeal to prejudice
demonizing the enemy
bandwagon - “everyone else is going it”
flag waving - this will make you a patriot
glittering generalities - emotionally appealing words w no evidence
virtue words - peace, security, freedom

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what were the expectations of the war vs the reality of it

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expectations: quick “home by christmas”, new weapons would speed up the war, it was romanticized and patriotic and heroic
reality: stalemate, trench warfare, new weapons only increased death and destruction and not land gain or speed of the war

41
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Which front was in more of a stalemate

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Western

41
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Which front was in more of a stalemate

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Western

42
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Where was the Balkan Peninsula

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The little countries (Greece, Montenegro, Serbia) near/in the Ottoman Empire

43
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Why was it referred to as the Balkan “powder keg”

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Nationalism was spreading among the nations bc they wanted to gain independent and there were many ethnic clashes

44
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what are 3 examples of militarism leading to WWI

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the naval rivalry between GB and Germany
lots of $ spent on arms
grudge between France and Germany

45
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who was in the 3 emperor’s league

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Germany, Austria Hungary, and Russia

46
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what are 3 examples of imperialism that led to WWI

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GB and France fighting over Egypt
German railroad vs the GB and Russian railroads in Africa
Germany and France fighting over Morocco

47
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what are 3 examples of nationalism that led to WWI

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Pan-slavism
Germ vs France over Alsace-Loraine
Balkan Powder Keg

48
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how did WWI truly become a World War

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they wanted to take each others colonial possessions
Japan joined the allies, Ottoman empire joined the central powers
USA joined on the side of the Allies

49
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what chain of events led to the end of the war

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Russia withdrew by signing a treaty with Germany
Fresh troops from the US on the side of the allies greatly helped the allies by boosting morale and giving more soldiers
German Kaiser stepped down
November 11, the armistice was signed

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