Chapter 25 Flashcards
(17 cards)
The Triple Entente
Allied powers
-England/Great Britain -Prime minister Lloyd George
-France- George Clemenceau
-Russia- Czar Nicholas II
Italy- Vittorio Orlando
to gain territory
woodrow wilson?
America
The Triple Alliance
Central Powers
-Germany, Austrian-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire known as the
old sick man
Cause of World War I
-Nationalism
-Imperialism, Imperial Rivalries
-Entangling Alliances
-Militarism, Germany’s rise as a world power
The event that sparked the war
The assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia
Reasons for America;s involvment
Economic
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Anti- German propaganda
USSR
The Union of Soviet Socialists republics
Signs Armistice
On November 11, 1918 at 11:00 AM
The signing of the armisticr known to the Germans as the
stab in the back
by what Hitler will skillfully call _______________
Jews, communists, democracts
the November criminals
Ethic groups should be able to decide for themselves what nation they would belong to
self determination
point 14: general association of nations to guarantee the security of great and small nations alike
league of nations
The Big 4
France- George Clemenceau
England- Lloyd George
Italy- Orlando
America- Woodrow Wilson
Terms of the treaty and how they lead to WWII
1) Germany forced to give up 13% of its land and all its colonies
-Germany’s desire to reclaim lost lands
2) Germany was forced to give up 80% of its navy, air force, and reduce its army to 100,000 soldiers
-Germans desire to be strong and great again
The Clause (provision) forced Germany to accept responsibility for the war. in doing so Germany was forced to pay
War Guilt Clause, reparations (War Damages)
