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55 Cards in this Set
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What are the causes of ww1? (NIMA)
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Nationalism
Industrialization Imperalism Militarism Alliances |
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Who were the three allied powers?
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Britain, France, Russia
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Who were the three central powers?
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Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
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Mobilizing For War: Germany anticipated a war with what two countires?
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Russia and France
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Germany implemented the Schlieffen Plan to try to avoid what?
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a two front war
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What was the plan?
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attack France through Belgium, take care of French, concentrate on Russians.
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What didnt Germany count on from the Belgians when they arrived in France?
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THe Belgians put up resistance and delayed the German arrival in France.
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What is stalemate and how does it connect to ww1?
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Stalemate: no one is winning or making progress. The allies stood up to central power advances.
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Why was trench warefare used?
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for protection
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On what front was the war fought from the trenches?
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Western
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what was no mans land?
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a territory between the 2 opposing trench fronts.
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ww1 saw a mix of what type of weapons?
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modern weapons and traditional fighting
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who introduced tanks and in what year?
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The British in 1916
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What was posion gas and who invented it?
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stardd gas invented by Germans.
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Did the British use the posion gas right away?
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No, they didnt use it until 1917.
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what were used to search for wounded men and how many were there?
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75,000 dogss
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who introduced submarines? and what were they called?
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Germany and they were called U-boats.
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Easter front: What was Russian's army like?
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It was huge but inefficent.
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What happened to Russian small victories?
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They were later crushed by Germany and Austria-Hungary.
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What led to Russiaing knocked out of the war?
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A lack of leadership, huge losses and internal problems in the governemtn
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at the beginning of the Russian Revolution, who was executed by revolutionaires?
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the Russian governemtn uner Czar Nicholas II and the Rommanov family.
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When did Russia want to get out of ww1?
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1917
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What treaty ened Russian invovlemtn in ww1?
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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What happened to the Eastern Front when the russians ended their invovlement in ww1?
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it was closed.
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What was a postive thing for A-H an Germany now that the eastern front was closed?
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They only had to concentrate on one front
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what happened to A-H and Germany on the Eastern front that weakened them?
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They sustained terrible losses on the eastern front.
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War throughout the world: Where did european conflicts spread to and what happened in that place?
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Africa and some african territories joined imperalists in fighting
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What happened in French West Africa?
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local tribes revolted when the french tried to make them as soldiers.
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who joins the allied side in 1915?
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Japan
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Britian and Frantook their troops from where?
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Canada, Africa, Asia, and Austrialia.
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Total War: How was war fought?
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with soldiers on the battlefield and with civilians assiting from home
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What happened in the effort with factories and other manufactures?
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they stopped producing their own product to build bullets, guns, machines, food, uniforms, trucks and coffins.
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who determined what would be made in the factories during total war instead of the free agency?
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the goveremtn
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The us enter ww1: waht did woodrow wilson (pres) try to keep the us. as , and waht did they also do.
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he tried to keep the us neutral, but loaned money and support to the allies.
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based upon previous alliances from the us. who was it natural for the us to side with
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the allies
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why did the us offically enter the war?
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germany sank the civilian us ship: Lusitaria during a blockade of Birtish ships
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what did the zimmerman note say:
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germany offered mexico U.S. territory if they would attack the U.S.
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who turned over the zimmerman note?
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british intelligence
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after the zimmer man note, woodrow wilson delcared war on who
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germany
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what did wilson promise when he delcared war on germany
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"to make the world safe for democracy"
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final battles: at first, was the us's involvemnt succesful? and what happened over time
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it made little impact but over time the us soldiers provided enough relief to the allies to make a difference
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british tanks broke through where and what did this do?
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btirish tanks broke through german lines and this shifted the power.
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what happened in the summer of 1918?
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germany suffered 2 million casualities
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who surrendered in october 1918?
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Bulgaria and Turkey (Ottomans) surrenered
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who surrenered on novemebr 3, 1918?
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austira- hungrary
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who rebelled against their own governemtn? |
Germans
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surrender: on november 9th who fled germany?
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Kaiser
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on november 11, 1918, the new german republic governent accepted what?
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the armistice of germany
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who and how many people perished from war?
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10 million soldiers and another 10 million civilians.
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more ethan 50% of the allied soldiers and 60% of the central soldiers mobolized and became what?
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casualities
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in what country were half them en between the ages of 18 and 32 were killed?
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france
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in what two countires did they loose 2 million soldiers respectiveyl?
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russia and germany
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in janurary 1919 delegates met where to discuss what?
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they met at versailles to discuss the terms of surrender
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who were the 4 countires that made the major decisions
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france, great britian, us and italy
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what two countries were excluded from the talks?
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A-H and Germany
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