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54 Cards in this Set
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Fundamental Causes of WWI
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Militarism Imperialism Nationalism Alliance System
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Immediate Causes of WWI
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Franz Ferdinand Assassination
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Nationalism
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Extreme loyalty to ones country
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Imperialism
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Making Colonies
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Militarism
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Having a large army
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Alliance System
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Making defensive alliances with other countries
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Black Hand
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Serbian extremist nationalist group
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Franz Ferdinand
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Archduke of Austria-Hungary. Assassinated
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Pan-Slavism
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Having slavs all around eastern europe
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"Power Keg of Europe"
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Balkans
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Annexation
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Taking control of other areas
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Neutrality
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being neutral, not taking sides
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Gavrilo Princip
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Assassin of Franz Ferdinand
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Triple Alliance
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Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary
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Triple Entente
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France, England, Russia
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Bismark
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Unifier of Germany
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Central Powers
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Germany Austria Hungary Ottoman Empire
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Allied Powers
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Great Britain Italy France Russia US
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Dates of WWI
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1914-1918
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Kaiser Wilhelm
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Ruler of Germany. Didn't Listen to Bismark
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Big Bertha
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BIG GUN
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Maxim Machine Gun
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New weapon of war
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Manfred Von Richthofen
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The Red Baron
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Trench Foot
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Fungus disease from the trenches
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Zeppelin
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German airship filled with hydrogen
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Shell Shock
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Condition after the war
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Stalemate
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Tie
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Impact of Technology
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Old military strategies were obsolete
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Western Front
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Land Between Germany and the Allies
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Eastern Front
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Another Theatre of War in WWI
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Battle of Tannenburg
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Battle between Russia and Germany. Destruction of Russian Army
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Battle of Somme
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Britain and France VS Germany.
Bloody battle |
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No Mans Land
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Area between the trenches
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Schlieffen Plan
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To Fight a to front war
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Lusitania
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Civilian ship brought down by german U Boats
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Sarajevo
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area in Yugoslavia/Austria-Hungary
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Zimmerman note
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Decoded note from Germans to Mexico. Brought US into war.
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U-boats
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German Submarines
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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
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German plan to shoot down any ships that enter their "zone"
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Propaganda
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Information bent into their favor. To Make people believe what they want them to believe
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US entering war?
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Zimmerman Note
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Blockade
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Blocked supplies form getting to germany by the british.
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Fourteen Points
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Wilson's speech about the great war to the US people
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Alsace and Lorraine
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German annexed territory
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Mobilize
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To move troops
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Total War
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Putting everything into the war effort
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Armistice Day
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The Day the armistice was signed
November 11 Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month |
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Reparations
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German's pay for the war. War-Guilt Clause
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Paris Peace Conference
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Conference to negotiate peace terms for germany and other countries
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Big Four
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George (GB), Clemenceau (France), Orlando (Italy) Wilson (US)
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Treaty of Versailles
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Peace Treaty
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League of Nations
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Democratic Organization made after The Treaty of Versailles
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Self Determination
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to be determined
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Mandate System
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A policy of the League of Nations
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