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WW1 Flashcards

(39 cards)

1
Q

How long did WW1 last

A

1914-1918

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2
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nickname for WW1

A

Great War

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3
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nickname for WW1

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War to end all wars

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4
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big 3 countries on the central power

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France Britain and Italy

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5
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big 3 countries on the allied power side

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Germany Austria-Hungary and Ottoman Empire

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6
Q

What does MAIN stand for

A

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and nationalism

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7
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small description for militarism

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Militarism is build up of military to avoid an attack

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8
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Small description for alliances

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an agreement between 2 nations

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9
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Small description of imperialism

A

Colonization of the world

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10
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Small description of Nationalism

A

Patriotism of steroids

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11
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What was spark that led to WW1

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The killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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12
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Who was Princip

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The killer of Franz Ferdinand and a Serbian nationalist

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13
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What was the first country to go to war with each other

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Serbia and Austria-Hungary

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14
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Why did they create a zigzag patter when first creating the trench

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so that the enemy could stand at one end and not fire more than a few yards

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15
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what were the conditions in trenches

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It was bad there was lice rats and trench foot

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16
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what was life like for the allied powers in the trenches

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it was bad everything was wet and it was unsanitary

17
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What country invented phosgene gas

18
Q

What was the MP-18

A

machine gun that could fire 500 rounds a minute

19
Q

What 2 countries created the first prototype for tanks

A

Britain and France

20
Q

What was the 1 big advantage of using tanks in WW1

A

Broke stalemate

21
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What is a stalemate

22
Q

What were the 2 reasons that the US entered the war

A

Unrestricted submarine warfare and the US intercepted a telegram that invited Mexico to go to war with us

23
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When did the US enter WW1

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who won the war
Allied powers
26
Why did Wilson tell the rest of Europe not to punish Germany
Wilson knew that it would lead to WW2 because the other countries would feel like the world is against them and want revenge
27
Which allied country was not present during the treaty of Versailles and why
Russia because they were in the middle of their own civil war
28
What was installment buying
buy then and pay later
29
What made cars affordable
Assembly lines
30
What was mass culture
everyone starts to listen to the same music and watch the same entertainment then that turned into one big culture
31
What was the Harlem Renaissance
Revival of culture
32
What group of people spurred up jazz
African Americans
33
Who was Langston Hughes
Writer
34
What did Langston Hughes do
wrote about the true experiences of black people
35
What changes did woman experience
Allowed to have jobs and some women cut their hair and started to smoke and show their ankles
36
What was prohibition
Banned alcohol
37
Why did prohibition not work
people would just sell it illegally
38
Why were some Americans scared about communism
Nations were overthrowing there government and the Americans were concerned about the rise of communism
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