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37 Cards in this Set
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Entente
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Nonbinding agreement to follow common policies
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Militarism
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glorification of the military |
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Pan-Slavism
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Nationalism in Russia (Slavic people) |
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Ultimatum |
final set of demands |
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Mobilize |
prepare military forces for war
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Nuetrality |
policy of supporting neither side of a war |
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3 Main countries of the Central Powers
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Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire |
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3 Main countries of the Allies |
Russia, Brittan, France |
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How did international competition and Nationalism increase tensions in Europe?
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The land and resources were low, and the countries were trying to fight to support the population |
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Explain how the assassination in Sarajevo led to the start of the World War 1
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Serbian nationalist assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand and the Austria-Hungary stuck back after |
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Alliance system
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1 country backing up another; how everyone got involved |
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Who backs up serbia
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Russia |
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Who backs up Austria-Hungary
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Germany |
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Who backs up Russia
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France |
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Total War |
mechanized war required the channeling of a nations entire resources into the war effort |
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Conscription |
"the draft"; required all young men to be ready for military or other service |
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contraband |
military supplies and raw materials needed to make military supplies |
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Lusitania
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A British liner- torpedoed by German sub/ 128 Americans died |
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Propaganda |
the spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an apposing cause |
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atrocity |
horrible acts committed against innocent people |
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Fourteen Points
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A list of President Wilson's terms for resolving the WW1 and future wars |
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self-determination
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right of people to choose their own form of government |
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armistice
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agreement to end fighting |
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How did ww1 become a total war?
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both sides of the war had enough power and neither one had an advantage
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importance of morale and the effects of the war upon the morale if the countries in ww1 |
morale-hope; which ever group had the better attitude about the war won; longer war-morale goes down |
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Russia's loss of morale and its effects upon the Allies |
Food shortages/bad weather/ not doing well in the war; Russia pulls out of the War- Allies morale drops-Central Powers move targets |
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Factors that led to the USA coming into the ww1
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2. Zimmerman telegram-Germany offering land from the USA to Mexico 3. Cultural similarities to Great Britian |
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Pandemic
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the spreading of a disease across a large area of land
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Reparations
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payments for war damage |
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Radicals |
people who wanted to make an extreme change |
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collective security |
a system in which a group of nations act as one to preserve the peace for all |
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mandate |
territories administered by western powers |
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describe the Human costs of ww1 |
1 out of every 8 died |
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Describe the Economic costs of ww1
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billons of $$ debts Damages-buidings food shortages |
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Describe the Political costs of ww1
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Country boundaries were changed political leaders/ kings were kicked out |
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goals of Big Three leaders
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USA-mediator France-Hammer Germany Brittan-Rebuild Country |
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what ways treaties failed to establish a lasting peace
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sewed the seeds of bitterness countries were promised land that they didn't get |
