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20 Cards in this Set
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Causes of WW I
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MANIA
Militarism Alliances Nationalism Imperialism Assassination |
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Triple Alliance
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Germany
Austria-Hungary Italy |
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Triple Entente
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France
Russia Great Brittain |
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The Sparking Event
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The shot that rang throughout Europe.
Archduke Ferdinand and wife Sofia were visiting Sarajevo, Bosnia. Gavrilo Princip assisinated them both. |
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Gavrilo Princip
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A Serbian assassin
Member of the Black Hand |
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The Black Hand
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a Serbian nationalist group
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July 23, Autria-Hungary presented an _____________ to Serbia
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ultimatum
Serbia agreed to most demands. |
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July 28 Austria-Hungary _________________
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declared war on Serbia.
They rejected Serbia's offer. Started a chain reaction. |
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The chain reaction
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Russia has an alliance with Serbia.
Germany declares war on Russia and France. Great Brittain declares war on Germany. |
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Central Powers
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Germany
Austria-Hungary Named for their location in the heart of Europe. |
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Allied Powers (Allies)
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Great Britain
France Russia (Japan) (Italy???) |
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The Schlieffen Plan
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Germany's plan to fight a two front war against France and Russia
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Battle of the Marne
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The first major German defeat
Occurred when France stopped Germany at the Marne River |
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The Western Front
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500 miles of trenches that went from the North Sea to the Swiss border
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The Eastern Front
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stretch of land along the German and Russian border
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Trench Warfare
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"Over the top" order given for soldiers to go over the trenches into "no man's land."
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new weapons of war
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Rapid fire machine gun
Poison gas Armored tank Airplane Submarine |
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Total War
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when the home front countires realized winning required using all of societies resources
propaganda created |
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propaganda
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created to influence opinion and recruit soldiers
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women took over ____________
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the role of the man in the factories
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