WW1 Flashcards

(29 cards)

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Balkan wars

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1912, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Greece attacked Ottoman Empire #2 Bulgaria attacked Serbia and Greece over conquered land from war #1

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Franz Ferdinand

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Heir to Austria-Hungary throne and was assassinated

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Sarajevo

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Where Franz was assassinated

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Black hand

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A Serbian terrorist group orangization

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Gavrilo Princip

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Assassin of Franz Ferdinand

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Schlieffen plan

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Plan to prevent Germany from fighting a two front war the western being France in Eastern being Russia

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Allied powers

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Great Britain, France, Russia, Siberia, USA

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Central powers

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Austria-hungry, Germany, Ottoman Empire

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Militarism

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Policy of glorifying military powers and keeping an army prepared for war

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Nationalism

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Identification with one’s own nation plus support for its interests

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Triple alliance

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Alliance with Germany, Austria -hungry, and Italy

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Triple entente

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Great Britain formed alliance with Russia and France to ensure they wouldn’t fight again

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No man’s land

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Land in the between the trenches, mines that are designed to slow you down, leg blown off not death

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Casualty

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Total number of soldiers who are killed, wounded, missing, and taken prisoner of war

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New weapons

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Machine guns, poison gas, tanks, aircraft, submarines

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Unrestricted submarine warfare

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German policy that German submarines would sink any boat/ship in the waters around Great Britain

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Total war

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Where countries devote all of the resources to the war effort

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Rationing

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People can only buy certain amounts of products/gas/food/rubber/metals

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Propaganda

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One sided information designed to convince

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Self determination

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To allow people for themselves determine what type of government they want to live under

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League of nations

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General association of nations whose purpose is to keep peace
Excluded Russia and Germany

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Zimmerman note

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Said that Germany would help Mexico “Reconquer “the land it lost to the US if Mexico would join Germany side in World War I

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Lusitania

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British passengership that carried amnesions for the allied war effort – made Americans mad because it killed 128 Americans when it sank

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14 points

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USA president Wilson’s plan for peace

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Why was the first battle of the Marne The single most important thing in the world
It brought a lot of countries into the war
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What did George’s Clemenceau want in his peace plan
He wanted to basically make Germany pay for the devastation on France – take back French land and divide Germany
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Why was the treaty of Versailles doomed to fail
Dim the fail because it directly blamed Germany for all the outbreak of hostilities(all the problems)
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Explain the five new weapons of World War I
Poison gas: unpredictable because of wind – two flavors chlorine and mustard Tanks: designed to break Barbwire in no man’s land Aircraft: Lisa effective weapon – used for observation Submarines: the most effective weapon in World War I
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Explain in detail the four parts of the treaty of Versallies
League of nations: all countries except Germany and Russia Territorial losses: Germany had to surrender all overseas land France Military restrictions: size of Germany’s military, Germany can’t buy/sell weapons no submarines or aircraft War guilt: everything was Germany’s fault Germany had to pay the allies for their part in the war three $3 billion over 30 years