WW1 10/18 (unfinished) Flashcards
(56 cards)
why do nations go to war
territory
freedom/independence
resources
acting on public opinion
protect/depend
economic reasons
mad
provocation
religion
assert dominance/prove a point
who was president during ww1
woodrow wilson
MAIN
militarism, alliances (secret), imperialism, nationalism
militarism
stocking up during peacetime
alliances (secret)
triple entente and triple alliance
imperialism
assert dominance and influence competition
nationalism
extreme pride in your country
triple alliance
germany
austria hungary
italy
triple entente
france, england, russia (russia also has secret alliance with serbia)
what types of alliances are tripple alliance and triple entente
defensive alliances
pre-ww1 what was the expression describing europe
europe was a powder keg, just ready to explode, just needs a spark
what was the spark for ww1
the assasination of the arch-dule franz ferdinand (aust-hung heir to the throne and his wife sophie was assasinated alongside him)
where was the arch duke killed, by whom, and why
bosnia specififcally the black hand bc they wanted to break away from the AH regime
who wins the 1912 election
taft beats roosevelt
why wasn’t roosevelt a republican presidential candidate
republican party had already nominated taft, and roosevelt came out of retirement to go against taft
why does roosevelt create his own party and what is it called
he creates a new party so he can go against taft, it’s called the bull-moose party, it’s progressive but still very republican
why does wilson ultimately win the election
roosevelt running splits the republican votes in between him and taft while majority of all democrats voted for wilson
why does wilson feel he hasn’t really won
he doesn’t feel he’s won the american people
where was wilson from and how did that attribute to him
he’s from georgia so embodies the domestic racism of the south
when does ww1 begin
1914
what were some democratic ideologies
democrats were white racists and believed in revenge politics
when was the archduke assasinated
june 28, 2014
who first declared war on who
AH was furious and declared war on serbia but russia had a secret alliance with serbia so now AH is going to be attacked by russia as well
what does russia declaring war on AH cause
it causes a chain reaction bc germany declares war on russia then france declares war on germany
