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William II
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became Kaiser in 1888
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Entente cordiale
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friendly alliance between France and Britain; promoted cooperation nations
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chauvinism
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unbridled nationalism
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belligerents
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people - countries who took different sides in the war
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Franz Ferdinand
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WWI began with his assassination, archduke of Austria
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propaganda
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ideas, facts, rumors spread to further one's cause
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dogfight
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airplanes tried to shoot each other down
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stalemate
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no one can advance or win
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ANZAC
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Australia New Zealand Army Corps
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attrition
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a stalemate war, slow wearing-down process rather than a quick military victory
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armistice
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These people were slaughtered by otooman turks in WWI
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Nicolas II
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(Czar)unable to stop the riots because soldiers joined in the riots
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Lenin
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Nikolai Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks
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Menshevik
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moderate socialists (majority)
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Woodrow Wilson
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Represented the U.S. (also president)
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Georges Clemenceau
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The leader of the French Delegation
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David Lloyd-George
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British Delegate
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Mandate
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Mandates are territories technically under control of the league of nations
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Reasons for fear..?
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1)Some hated europian future.
2)Extreme Nationalism |
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Central Powers (who?)
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Germany, Austria-Hungury, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire (turks)
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Allied Powers
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England, France, and Russia
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Describe no mands land
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no mans land was between the trenches, filled with barbed wire and on eiter side were machine guns
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all innovations of war
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propaganda, airplanes, submarines, tanks, machine gune, trench warefare
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Christmas in the trenches
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Germans came to allied lines, traded with americans, played soccer sang songs
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Gallilpoi-Why? Outcome?
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Why = to open up Bosporus and Dardanells to supply rought. Outcome = 140,000 men killed/ wounded before allies gave up
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Why U.S. enter war?
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Germans resume unristricted submarine warfare
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Zimmerman Telegram
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written by German foreign minister promising Mexico south western states of U.S. if mexico joins war agains America
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All results of WWI
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1)entire generation of young men wiped out. 2)economic devastation. 3)Desire for revenge. 4) Nationalism
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Why 14 points did not work
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Wilson forgot to make his allies promise to phold the 14 points
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Treaty of Versailles
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treaty that endened WWI
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Why Russia dropped out of WWI
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dropped out due to the communist revolution
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What happend to the royal family?
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The entire family and servants were shot by revolutionaries
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Purpose (2) of the league of nations
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to guarantee international cooperation and peace - also to promote the right of colonial people people and to improve economic and social conditions around the world
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war guilt clause?
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placed all the blame of the war on Germans and its allies
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treaty of severs
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it dismantled the ottoman empire
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Kellog-Briand pact
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agreement that called upon the nations of the world to renounce the use of offensive war
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Describe trench warfare AND how it affected Germany at the Battle of the Marne?
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both sides dig long trenches, they were muddy, cold, dirty, and unhygienic. Barbed wire and machine guns made it impossible to advance enemy lines.
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Describe 6 of wilsons 14 points and why they had no affect on the treaty of versailles.
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1)no more secret treaties.2)freedom of the seas.3)reduce armaments.4)no more berriaers to trade.6)establish a "general association ofprotection for all nations"
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Describe in detail all the results of the war and how the treaty may have contributed to WWII
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1)generation of young men wiped out. 2)economic devastation. 3)desire for revenge. 4)nationalism. The treaty may have contributed to WWII because it treated Germany unfairly, the other countries took away its colonies placed all blame on Germany, the treaty was so bad it would bankrupt Germany
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