1914-1945: Pages 1-7, Until Russian Revolution

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Assasain of Archduke Francis Ferdinand

he was a member of this group

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Gavrilo Princip did...

Black Hand was what?

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Date on which assaination of ferdinand took place

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June 28, 1914 is the date on which...

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Before Austria acted after Archduke Ferdinand's assassination, whom did they consult?

how did this nation respond?

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Germany was consulted by ____ before this country started war against serbia


The blank check

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Russia supported ______ in WWI

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Serbia was supported by whom in the beginning of WWI

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Central Powers (Triple Alliance) consisted of whom?

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire (to a lesser extent, Bulgaria)

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Allies (Triple Entente)

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Britain, France, Russia (later Japan, Italy and the US)

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This plan was created in 1905 by the Germans- it planned on invading _______ through____

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Schleiffen Plan was the German plan created in what year?
France
Belgium

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The French plan which planned to march from _______ to Berlin at the beginning of WWI. What was this plan called?

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What was plan XVIII

Alsace Lorraine

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The French were gambling on ______ and __________ to drive the Germans back

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Revanche and elan

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Actions such as killing women and children, burning libraries brought international condemmnation against the Germans.

What is this pillage called?

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What is the Rape of Belgium?

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General Joseph Joffre

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French general who mustered his troops because of a delay created by sabotage work against the Germans

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River Marne

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12 miles from Paris, battle at beginning of WWI

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Erich Remarque wrote

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All Quiet on the Western Front, which graphically reflected the slaughter and futility of trench warfare

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Battle of Verdun

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at this battle, in February 1916, the French and the Germans suffered a half a million casualties

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Which 2 countries first used the tank in warfare?

When did this occur?

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Britain and France first used this new weapon in July of 1916

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What is the Battle of Tannenburg?

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The Germans defeated the Russian at this battle early on in WWI

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The strength of the Russian army was in its ______

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The strength of which army was in its numbers?

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While Russia did not defeat the Germans, they did have some success against_____

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Which country had some military success against Austria, while not suceeding against Germany?

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Who took over supreme command of the Russian army in September 1915?

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Tsar Nicholas II took over this army even though he had no military experience

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In August 1916, this country entered the war as an ally of the Russians

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Romania entered the war as an ally of this country , hoping to get Transylvaia from the Austrians

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in 1917 the Romanians were defeated by a combined _____ and ________ force

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German-Austiran forces defeated this nation in 1917

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The one significant aspect of German seapower was the use of_____

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Uboats were used by this country in WWI, which sunk allied shipping with deadly efficiency

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The US was officially neutral, but most people sided with ______

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Most Americans sided with the Allies early on in WWI

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In 1915 a German U-boat sunk the British cruise liner ______, with the deaths of ____ Americans

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Lusitania, 129

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This war was a new type of war, a war in which every facet of a nation would be employed

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What is total war?

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This is the only state to remain neutral during the war, although a member of the Triple Alliance

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Italy was a member of this alliance, but stayed neutral during the war

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Treaty of London, 1915

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This promised to give some Austrian and Ottoman possesions to the Italians after the war

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In 1915, Italy joined the war as one of the ______ powers, but were quickly defeated by ______ at which battle?

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Allies

This nation was defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Caporetto

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German Foreign Secretary who sent a coded telegram to the German ambassador in New Mexico.

This telegram assured that if Mexico entered the war as an ally of Germany, they would receive Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, all land which it had lost from the US.

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Arthur Zimmerman sent a coded telegram promising what to the Mexican government

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What happened to the Zimmerman telegram, causing a great deal of anti German sentiment?

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This telegram was intercepted by the British and given to the Americans.

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in 1916 Woodrow Wilson was re-elected on the campaign platform, "

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"He kept us out of the war," was the slogan of whom as he ran for re-election?

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This group, who wanted their independence, thought a German victory would guarantee their success

Sir Roger Casement tried to form _______ and asked for German assistance, with no material help

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Irish republicans cheered for ____ in WWI
This man started the Irish Legion

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On Easter Sunday in Ireland, fighting broke out which lasted for five days until the British suppressed it.

What is this event known as? Which man, who was considered a hero by Irish republicans, was executed at the end?

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What was the Easter Rising?
What happened to Sir Roger Casement at the end?

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In March 1916 the Germans sank a passenger ferry, _________, belonging to which country

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What happened to the British passenger ferry Sussex with the loss of American lives?

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____ was a result of the sinking of the Sussex, promising not to sink unarmed ships

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What was the Sussex Pledge?

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The name of a formal statement about British hopes for a Jewish homeland in Palestine between Arthur _____ and Lord Rothschild

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Between which two men was the Balfour declaration?

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The Treaty of Brest Litovsk

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This treaty handed large pats of western Russia to the Germans including the Ukraine, the Baltic States, Poland and the Caucuses

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The Fourteen Point Plan played a key role at the Paris Peace Conference 1919

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very idealistic treaty which became the basis for German surrender at _______

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The Spring Offensive 1918

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A last attempt by the Germans to win the war.

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General "Black Jack" Pershing

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This American commanded 250,000 troops involved in WWI by its end.

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This Russian abdicated and Fled to Holland

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Kaiser William II did what at the end of the war?

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Prime Minister of Great Britain at the Paris Peace Conference

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David Lloyd George

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Prime Minister of France at the PPC

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Georges Clemenceau

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President USA at the PPC

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Woodrow Wilson

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Prime Minister of Italy at the PPC

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Vittorio Orlando

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This man considered dividing Germany into separate regions and for France to gain the Rhineland

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What did Georges Clemenceau consider for Germany at the PPC

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How many treaties did the PPC produce? For whom?

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5 treaties were produced at ____ in what year?

Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey

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The most important part of the Versailles treaty

The war guilt clause

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What was Article 231?

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The Treaty of Versailles did what to Germany?

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This limited Germany's army to 100,000 men, no air force of heavy guns or tanks

changed the borders of Germany to exclude 10 million Germans from the new Germany part of west prussia

The German port of Danzig was made a free city and detached from Germany.

Germany lost her colonies

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Which 4 countries were combined to form Yugoslavia?

What does "Yugo" mean?

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Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro and Herzegovina

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As a result of theTOV, France was allowed to occupy the Rhineland and the Saar for __ years?

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For 15 years after the TOV France could occupy these regions.

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TOV
All territories once controlled by the Central Powers were place under the control of the Allied nations. Name 3 nations which this group included

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Iraq (Britain), Palestine (Britain) and Syria (France) have what in common through the Treaty of Versailles?

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This British delegate resigned in protest of the terms imposed on Germany- he believed that such terms would economically cripple Germany and the rest of Europe.

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What happened to John Maynard Keynes at the PPC?

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What, in $, was the amount Germy was set to pay in war reparations in 1921?

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$30 billion

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______ felt betrayed at the conference; they gained nothing

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How did Italy feel about the PPC?

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Why did the US senate refuse to ratify the TOV?

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the provision for a League of Nations caused what to happen with the TOV in the US?

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There was German nationalist resentment of the TOV because it doomed this republic.

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The Weimar Republic was doomed by the ____

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____ became the world's leading creditor an producer due to drain of Europe's resources

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Europe's demise did what for the USA?

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Which historian called WWII "a continuation of WWI"?

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What did A.J.P Taylor call WWII?