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Lost and explain four issues that made war an increasing possibility |
1. Extreme nationalism-carried patriotism too far 2. Militarism- increased far beyond necessary 3. Imperialism- competition for colonies 4. Rival alliances- deep seated feat and distrust among European nations |
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Why was Bismarck's System created |
To prevent France from finding a sting ally to help her |
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Why did Germany interfere with French plans to control Morocco? |
-hoped not only to block France's attempts to take morocco as a colony - to break up the entente between Britain and France |
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Which event sparked World War I |
Austria-Hungary's heir was assassinated |
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Austria declared war on |
July 28,1914, Serbia |
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When and why did Germany declare war |
On August 1 on Russia because they didn't heed a warning |
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Germany declared war on who and why |
On France because they didn't give Germany solid assurances |
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Who made up the central powers |
Germany Austria-Hungary |
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Who made up the allies |
Russia Serbia France |
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Why did the British join with the allies and declare war on Germany |
Because of Germany's disregard of a treaty |
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What was Italy's stand throughout the war |
Began neutral and changed to allies side because they promised a loan and additional territory |
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What are U-boats and what are they for |
Submarines and they and supposed to destroy ships of allies and neutral nations |
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What was the Lusitania and what happened to it |
British liner German sub sank it off coast of Ireland and killed 1198 people |
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Three reasons Woodrow Wilson may have asked for a declaration of war against Germany |
1. Ultimate peace 2. Liberation of its people 3. Safe for democracy |
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Three statistics that explain why WWI was so costly in terms of human life and financ |
-10 million of 64 million men died - 20 million were wounded - 6 million missing |
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What was the only difference between this war and previous wars |
New technology increased man's destructive power |
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Who was represented at the Paris peace conference and who was excluded |
- 32 nations - Russia, central powers |
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Who were the big four |
Woodrow Wilson US George clemenceaul French David Lloyd George British Uittorio Orlando Italian |
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What was the war guilt clause and how did Germany react |
It's a clause that places blame for WWI on Germans Hatred-> Adolph hitler |
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What was the purpose of the league of the nations |
Convinced that war could be avoided by creating on international organization in which nations could discuss differences instead of fighting |
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3 reasons it didn't work |
US didn't join Decisions needed to be approved by all nations No armed forces |
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What contributed to the worldwide depression in 1930s |
Reparations and war-debt cycle |
