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54 Cards in this Set
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What year did World War I begin?
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1914
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What happened in 1915?
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Sinking of Lusitania
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Battle of _______ happened in 1916?
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Verdun
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What year did the US enter the war?
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1917
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Treaty of brest litovsk: armistice ends war
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1918
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Versailles peace conference took place in_____
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1919
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Francis Ferdinand is assassinated what year?
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June 28th 1914
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What did Austria send Serbia?
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Ultimatum
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France and Britian signed what in 1904?
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entente cordiale "friendly understanding"
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What does German submarines sink?
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lusitania in 1915
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January 1918 Wilson issued what?
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Fourteen Points- list of terms to resolve this and future wars. Wanted to end any secret treaties, freedom of the seas, free trade, and large scale reduction of arms.
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Germany invade who on august 3 1914
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Belgium, Schlieffen plan required german armies to march trhough belgium the swing south behind french lines.
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1896 what took place in Athens in order to push for peace
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Olympics
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Germans intercepted what in 1917?
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Zimmermann message
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Russian revolution happened what year?
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1917
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Four factors that brought the US into the Great war?
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british propaganda, russian revolution, sinking of the Lusitania, the zimmerman Note.
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why was it critical that the US join the war against Germany?
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lost russia, lost allies that had/contributed the most man power.
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What part of the 14points speech were included with the Treaty of versailles
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setting new border and league of nations
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What was Glittering Generalities?
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Using words that appeal to emotion rather than concrete analysis. (god is on our side)
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What was Black and white fallacy?
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you can have death and destruction or you can follow me playing on fear.
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What was Red Herring?
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presenting data that is irrelevant and then claim it validates your argument, elevate a minor or even phony issue to great importance.
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what facotrs here in the US resulted in the rejection of the treaty of versailles
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League of nations
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Big Three?
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Wilson, David Lloyd George and clemenceau.
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impact of Franco Prussian War
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france- lost war, lost territory
germany- otto van bismark- afraid of france and Russia |
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Why did German Chancellor Bismarck suspect Russia as the most logical ally of France and why did he fear this alliance?
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Both were neighboring countries. Russia wanted them as an outlet to the Black sea.
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Whos was bejamin disraeli and what role did he play in the events leading to the war?
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Made secret treaties
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What is the relationship between militarim and social darwinism?
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Social darwinism is survival of the fittest. Militarism was preperation for the war.
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The alliance known as the allies grew out of what earlier alliance formed in 1904?
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Triple entente- central powers
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What event generated the ultimatum sent by Austria to serbia that set in motion the start of war?
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Archduke ferdinands assassination
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Schlieffen Plan and why it failed?
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Defeat France before they mobolizeit failed because belgium had a secret agreement with england even though they said they were to reamin neutral.
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Why did world war i bog down to a stalemate?
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Techonology, machine gun and poison gas
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What new weapons of war were introduced in attempt to break the trench stalemate?
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Tank gas
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Two reasons high casualty rate of World War one
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tench warfare, illness
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Selective service was also known as the_____
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draft
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Was AEF segregated?
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true disegregate after WWII
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British propaganda was anti germany
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true
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after war 1905 Russia and japan, was japan more powerful?
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true
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Important figure in franco Prussian war?
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Van bismark
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German victory in Frnaco Prussian war had what as the advantage over france
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legistics- the ability to move people and military equipment as swiftly and costly efficent way
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Balkan problem was caused by what?
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Mulky changed the schlieffen plan.
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Country that existed before WWI
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romania
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what was the powder cake of europe?
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Balkans
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Death toll of WWI
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16 million deaths
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Death toll of lositania
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1,200
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central powers include
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germany, ottoman empire, austria hungry
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allies
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french russia and great britian
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Final set of demands
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ultimatum
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Italy decided to remain neutral, Did not want a 2 front war, Germany wanted to take out Italy in 3 weeks
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Schlieffen Plan
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U-boat, underwater boat that launched missiles,used by Germany
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Unterseeboat
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Stretch of land between two trenches
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no mans land
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spreading of ideas to promote and cause damage on an opposing force
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propaganda
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Nov 11 1918 agreement to end fighting
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armistice
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favored self determination
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woodrow wilson
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payments for war damage
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reparations
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