world war 1

Question 1

1- what was the schieffen plan?
2- how would it guarente England won the war
3- what were the risks associated with it

Answer 1

1- Attack Russia first, France second
2- England was allies with Belgium, Germany wanting to attack the French would have to go through Belgium to get to France.
3- risks were that they could easily and quickly beat the French before the English joined. The Germans did not beat the French but it quickly brought England into the war

Question 2

What were the issues of trench warefare

Answer 2

• many people dead
• new deadly technology to beat the stalemate

Question 3

How was fighting eastern Europe different than western Europe in ww1

Answer 3

In eastern Europe there was no trench warefare but there was in western Europe
east was AUSTRIA VS RUSSIA, the battle front was constantly moving

Question 4

Why did the Americans join the war?

Answer 4

1- Luistiana
2- unrestricted sub warfare- the Germans said they would stop after the Lusitania but they didn’t and then began sinking us ships
3- the Zimmerman note of Germany asking Mexico to go to war against US

Question 5

what were the main point of war

Answer 5

the war starts when archduke was shot by a Serbian teenager
1- millitarism
2- alliances
3-nationalism
4-imperialism

Question 6

The balkans

Answer 6

where the war started, lots of tension serbs and Austria not like eachother
the serbs supported Russia
Austrians supported Germany

Question 7

what did the various nations want from the treaty of versailles

Answer 7

France and England wanted the Germans to pay especially the French, Wilson’s 14 point, trying to prevent future conflict

Question 8

What were the key points of the TOV

Answer 8

Article 231- war guilt clause, germany was the blame, Germany was going to pay for war and German pays war reparations
the league of nations was created but us never joined neither did Germany or Russia

Question 9

Why did some feel lied to by the TOV

Answer 9

Italy was promised land they didn’t get, the Germans felt it was unfair because they were not 100% to blame

Question 10

How did the map change after WWI

Answer 10

many new countries formed, Austria Hungary split up

Question 11

How did the TOV guarente another war

Answer 11

Germans would want revenge

Question 12

why did Czar alexander emancipate the serfs in 1811

Answer 12

He feared of them revolting

Question 13

Where the serfs really emancipited

Answer 13

no, they never got their promised land

Question 14

How did Czar Alexander react to his fathers assasination

Answer 14

he blamed the Jews and said they were behind the killing.

Question 15

pogrom

Answer 15

violent attack on Jews( Alex the 3)

Question 16

What did Czar Alexander 3 mean by russification of orthodoxy, autocracy, and nationalism

Answer 16

Russian pride.
Be Russian, be orthodox and love your Czar

Question 17

what was the impact of losing to Japan for Russia in 1905

Answer 17

showed how weak and behind Russia was. Also showed Russias need for reforms.

Question 18

what caused the 1905 revoltion

Answer 18

bad economy and Russia loosing to Japanw

Question 19

what is bloody Sunday in Russian history

Answer 19

Peaceful protesters got shot at the palace

Question 20

why was the duma a failure for the Russain peopl

Answer 20

a parliament failed because the Czar ignored it

Question 21

what was the conditions of Russia in terms of Military, Politics, Economy, and society ehrn WWI began in 1914?

Answer 21

still and backwards , industrialized country

Question 22

how did Russia do in WW1

Answer 22

Not good, millions died

Question 23

what role did Rasputin have over Russia during the war

Answer 23

he lied to the czars wife gaining control over her practically running the country

Question 24

how did the Russains govenrment change in March of 1917

Answer 24

The Czar quit

Question 25

why was Lenin finally able to take over Russia by November of 1917

Answer 25

forced a fixed election

Question 26

what did Lenin promise to the people

Answer 26

peace bread and land

Question 27

why did the Russian civil war break out from 1918-1921
who fought on each side
who won and why

Answer 27

not everyone wanted to be a communist
red vs whites

Question 28

did lenin achieve his goals as a leader

Answer 28

no

Question 29

what was the NEP

Answer 29

Lenin let farmers sell crops for profits that’s capitalism not communism
communists practicing capitalism

Question 30

what methods did Lenin use to change Russia and control it

Answer 30

kill the opposition, force them to join the soviet union and kill the czar and his family

Question 31

what was a bolshevik

Answer 31

Lenin communist

Question 32

who were the Cheka

Answer 32

Lenin’s secret police