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21 Cards in this Set
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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When he was going to visit the Bosnia the Black Hand ordered a team of assassins to kill him. On June 28, 1914, Princip and six other man positioned themselves around Sarajevo as Ferdinard and his wife toured the city in a convertible Sedan. When Princip went to buy a sandwich he saw Archduke, and he dropped his sandwich, reached for his pistol, and fired, killing the archduke and his wife. A North Dakota newspaper reported, "One archduke more or less makes little difference." Most of Europe plunged into war within five short weeks.
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
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He wanted colonies for Germany, too. And to get them, Germay would need a stronger military.
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Militarism
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The policy of military preparedness and building up weapons.
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Triple Alliance
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A military alliance between Germany, Austrian Hungary, and Italy.
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Balance of Power
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Each nation or alliance had equal strength.
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Central Powers
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Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
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Allied Powers
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Alliance between Britain, France, and Russia.
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Trench warfare
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Fighting from treches. Years earlier American armies had dug trenches dring some civil war battles including Petersburg.
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Militarism
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One of the four long-term causes of war. The policy of military prepardness and building up weapons.
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Alliances
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Partnerships that were created ti maintain peace, but they would lead Europe directly into a war.
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Imperialism
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The quest for colonial empires.
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Nationalism
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An extreme pride or devotion that people feel for their country ir culture. The spirit of it was led to the formation of new nations.
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Germany wanted to go through what country to get to France
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Belgium to get France by surprise
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What was Germany's attack on Belguim like
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Germany made the first move in the war, following the Schlieffen Plan. On August 4, 1914, German troops crossed the border into the neutral country of Belguim.
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Russia's worst defeat in WWI happened at what battle
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battle of Tannenbelgin, August, 1914
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What battle was a failed attempt of the Allies to knock the Ottoman empire out of the war
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The Battle of Gallipoli which lasted from April-December 1915.
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What battle was the longest battle of WWI with huge loss of life?
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The battle of verdun from Februar-December 1918.
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How did the uniforms of the French and Germans differ at the beginning of the war
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The french troops who marched to the front looked much as French soldiers had looked more than 40 years earlier, wearing brighted uniforms and heavy brass helmets. The Germans, on the other hand, dressed in gray uniforms that worked as camouflage to help them blend into the battle field.
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What affect did the machine gun have on the early stages of the war
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It was fire power.
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Despite the heavy losses during the French counterattack at the Battle of the Marne how did the battle help the Allies
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It let Russia mobilized, Germany had to pull some of its troops out of France. It needed to get troops to fight Russia along the Eastern Front.
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What area between the trenches called
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No man's land
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