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53 Cards in this Set
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Militarism
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the willingness to use military force to solve a problem
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Arms Race
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each country wants the best military
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Triple entente
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France, Russia, Great Britan,
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Triple alliance
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germany, italy, austria-hungary
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allied powers
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great britan, france, russia, italy
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central power
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germany, turkey, austria hungary
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imperialism
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domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region
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imperialism lead to
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diplomatic failures
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where was archduke franz ferdinand get assassinated
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sarajevo, bosnia
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who killed the archduke
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a serbian nationalist who thought bosnia should belong to serbia, Princep
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what were the organizations that princep was a member of
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The black Hand, also known as the Union of Death
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Germany gave Austria Hungary an ultimatum, which is
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a threat where there is a certain amount of time to make an important decision
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What were the two choices of the ultimatum?
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Austro-Hungarian officials would be allowed to conduct an investigation and surpass any Soversin groups in Serbia
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Who had an alliance with Serbia?
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Russia
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Who did Russia have a secret alliance with?
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France
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Germany publicly pledges their support for
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Austria Hungary
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Russia publicly pledges support for
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Serbia
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How does Germany declare war on Russia?
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with an ultimatum, stand down and stop mobilizing troops or face war
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What did Germany do on the very same day?
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Germany delivered an ultimatum to France and gave France 18 hours to decide whether or not they'd remain neutral
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What did Russia do about Germany's ultimatum?
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Czar Nicholas ignores it
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What does Germany do?
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Declares war on Russia
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What does France do?
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Declares it will remain loyal to Russia
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What does germany do after France declares they will remain loyal to russia?
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They declare war on France
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What was the overstepping boundary by Germany?
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Invading Belgium, a neutral territory
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Who supports Belgium and declares war on Germany?
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Great Britan
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Nicholas II
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Russia
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George V
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Britan
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Emmanuel II
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Italy
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Wilhelm II
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germany
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what were the different viewpoints of ww1?
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family feud, the war to end all wars, fall of the eagles
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What was the Schlieffen plan
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Germany invades Belgium, it was constructed by alfred van schlieffen 9 yrs prior to the invasion, and it was based on the following ideas
1.Russia would be slow to mobilize 2.France could be defeated by capturing Paris in 6 weeks 3.Once France was defeated, german could put its full military force against russia |
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why was great britan left out of the schlieffen plan
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they thought they wouldn't have enough time to respond
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What were the problems of the schlieffen plan?
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1. experience of the unexpected resistance in belgium and france
2. Russia mobilized faster than expected 3. French put up stronger than expected resistance in alsace-lorraine |
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who did great britan aid?
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belgium and france
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why was germany fast?
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they mobilized their troops with motorized vechicles
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why did everyone expect to be home by christmas?
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there hadnt been a major war in 50 years
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who was general joffre
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french commanding general, forced to pull troops back to Paris because they were losing badly and had to go back to regroup
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Once France reorganize, what do they do?
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counterattack germany
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once germans came within 10 miles of paris, what did France do?
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drove out germans 50 miles from Paris
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The Battle of the Marne
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france drove germany 50 miles away from paris: caused
1. boost to french morral 2.forced germans to abandon schlieffen plan |
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What happened when Russia invaded germany before they were ready?
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the russians suffered terrible defeat that they would never recover from?
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where did the defeat of russia by germany take place?
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tannenburg, poland
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what was the big advantage of the battle at tannenburg?
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it diverted germany's attention from france to russia
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after the battle of marne, germans and allied powers went in a series of battles to outflank eachother's army. What is this known as?
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race to the sea
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what was the result of the race to the sea?
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very high causualty rates, neither side gained an advantage
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hoe did civilians get involved in the war?
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producing items nessesary for war:food, ships, guns, medicene
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propaganda
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news and info intended to influence people's feelings about a cause
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describe the war on the western front
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it was a war of attrition, meaning it was a test of will until somebody surrenders
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name one word to describe the war on the western front
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bloody
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what became important in the western front war?
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trench warfare
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battle of verdun
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massive battle, lasting for months, started as german offensive, thousands of casualties on both sides
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battle of somme
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five month battle, over 1 million soldiers killed, single day bloodiest battle, first battle to use tanks..
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battle of ypres
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first battle poisonous gas was used
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