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14 Cards in this Set
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Militarism
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Arms and troop build up was an endless cycle of bigger and better armies, navies, and weapons from 1870-1914. One of the main causes for the war.
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Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
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The assassination of this Austrian-Hungarian Arch Duke was the spark that started WWI
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Gavrilo Princip
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The assassin that killed Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand. This assassination began WWI.
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Von Schlieffen Plan
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The German plan to attack France through Belgium so that they might avoid fighting a two front war with the Russians.
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Serbia
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In the end this country was blamed by the Austrian Hungarian government for the assassination of the Arch Duke
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Key Weapons of WWI
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Machine Gun, Submarine, Plane, Gas, and Trench Warfare
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Poison Gas
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Of the methods of warfare developed in WWI, this was considered unfair and barbaric due to its ability to cause its victims great suffering?
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No Man's Land
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The area between the trenches where must of the killing during WWI took place.
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Triple Alliance
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Germany, Austria Hungary, and Italy
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The Dreadnaught
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This destroyer built by the British was the most dangerous ship on the ocean in the early part of the 20th Century
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The Black Hand
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The terrorist group located in Serbian that had the goal of freeing ethnic Serbs living in Austria Hungary.
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Scramble for Africa
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The period from 1850-1914 when the European powers sought to
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Triple Entente
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Great Britain, France, and Russia
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The United States
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The entrance of the United States in to the war helped to assure victory for the allies in 1918.
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