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Alsace-Lorraine |
The territory that was taken by Germany from France in the Franco-Prussian war and caused tension between the two nations. |
This was a motivation for France to get involved and they dos get it back by the end of WW1. |
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Schlieffen Plan |
The German plan to invade France by way of Belgium to eliminated them as a threat to Germany while they fought Russia. |
This plan failed when England got involved because Germany failed to comply with Belgian neutrality. |
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Consceiption |
This was when governments forcefully drafted all able bodied men to go fight into war. |
This was an aspect of total war which resulted in major losses and effected even men who were not fit for war. |
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Mobilization |
This was a government's concept that they need to move their army and troops before the opposing country did in order to have the advantage. |
This was a major cause of the Great War because every nation fly they had to act before they're enemy did and eventually every nation participate in the war. |
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Relationship between the Black Hands and Serbia |
The Black hands was a secret organization who's goal was to make Serbia independent of Austria-Hungary. They were the group who instigated the war between Serbia and Austria. |
When the Austrian Francis Ferdinand was murdered in Serbia by the black hands, Russia felt a need to support their fellow Slavs and attacked Austria on behalf of Serbia. |
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Blank Check |
The blank check was Germany agreeing to back up Austria in the war under whatever circumstances. |
I'm doing this Germany allied with Austria against Russia, France, and England. This motivated other nations to stop Germany from becoming too powerful. |
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Czar Nicholas II |
Czar Nicholas was the one who involved Russia in the Great War as a way of supporting Serbia. He also was the one who was unable to manage unrest within Russia.aused the war to |
He was the czar who fell at the hands on the socialists and communists in Russia and causes the fall of the Russian throne. |
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Trench warfare |
This was when soldiers in WW1 used trenches as a technique to fighting the war. This was unfortunately very unsuccessful because it caused the war to extend longer than it should've. |
Trench warfare caused a lot losses for everyone involved and caused severe psychological damage to those who survived. |
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Propaganda |
This was media used to convince the general public that the war effort was for a good cause and that it was going much better that it was in reality. |
This was a technique used to motivated people to participate in the war effort and really did have an impact. |
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Bolsheviks |
This was the Russia communist group that took advantage of Russia's weakness in the war and created a totalitarian communist nation. |
This was the end of Russia involvement in the war and caused them to end the Russian throne. |
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Vladimir Putin |
The leader of the Bolsheviks and the communist movement in Russia. He motivated the proletariat to rebel and was eventually successful. |
He created the first communist state that would eventually spread communism to the rest of Europe. |
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The Bolshevik revolution |
After much preparation, the Bolshevik group took control of the Russian government and overthrew the Duma and took over. The communist nation was now established. |
This is what finalized Russia as a communist nation. |
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Russian Civil war |
This was a war between the Mensheviks and Bolsheviks to take control in Russia. Mensheviks were social democrats while the Bolsheviks were radical communists. |
The Bolsheviks were successful and were able to maintain their power as leaders of communist Russia. |
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Self-Determination |
This was a concept created in the Paris peace conference as a way of maintaining peace. This gave independence to all the nations in the Balkans like Yugoslavia. |
This created issues when there were several nations with many ethnicities within it who all waned to have to have their own nations. |
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Woodrow Wilton's 14 points |
These were a list of 14 statements released by Wilson to maintain the peace in Europe after WW1. |
His 14 points included self-determinations and also collective security within the European continent. |
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The Big 4 |
These were the main 4 nations that made all the decisions in the Paris peace conference. They were England, France, USA, and Italy. |
Although it took into account all European nations, including Russia and Germany, there was only those 4 making decisions. |