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23 Cards in this Set
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SCHLIEFFEN PLAN
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GERMAN PLAN FOR WINNING A EUROPEAN WAR BY DEFEATING FRANCE QUICKLY
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BATTLE OF THE MARNE
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SEPT. 1914 FIRST BATTLE OF WWI
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FRANZ FERDINAND
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HEIR TO THRONE OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY WHOSE ASSASSINATION BEGAN WORLD WAR I
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LUSITANIA
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BRITISH SHIP SUNK BY GERMAN UBOATS
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ZIMMERMANN TELEGRAM
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1917 GERMAN TELEGRAM THAT BROUGHT US INTO WWI
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PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE
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1918-1919 CONFERENCE THAT WROTE THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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HARSHLY UNFAIR TREATY THAT ENDED WWI
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WAR GULT CLAUSE
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PART OF TREATY OF VERSAILLES THAT FORCED GERMANY TO TAKE RESPONSIBLITY FOR BEGINNING WWI
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING BODY FORMED AFTER WORLD WAR I
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1914
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YEAR THAT WORLD WAR I BEGAN
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1918
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YEAR THAT WWI ENDED
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1917
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YEAR THAT THE US ENTERED WORLD WAR I
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GALLIPOLI
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WWI NAVAL BATTLE NEAR CONSTANTINOPLE, WON BY CENTRAL POWERS, MAJOR LOSS FOR ALLIES
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Wilson’s 14 points
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points for world peace, and he hoped that would be apart of the final peace treaty
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George Clemenceau
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Prime minister of France, Lead France into war, helped write Treaty of versilles
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Four Empires
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British, French, German, Russian
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11 November 1918 = Armistice Day
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changed to veterans day, agreement to stop fighting so they can make a treaty
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Fall of the House of Romanov
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revolution overthrew last russian dynasty, in 1917
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Russian Revolution 1917
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revolution during WW1, victorious because military was minimual from the war
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Wilson’s “Peace without Victory"
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speech made to the senate, declaring war
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Battles of Verdun & Somme
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fought by the armies of the British and French empires against the German Empire, 1916, bloodiest battles, British and France victory
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Battle of Jutland
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Naval battle against GB and Germany, May 19186, largest naval battle
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Gavrilo Princip
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SERB TERRORIST THAT BEGAN WWI BY ASSASSINATING FRANZ FERDINAND
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