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20 Cards in this Set
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What are the 4 causes of WWI?
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Nationalism, imperialism, militarism, alliance system
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Who were the Allies?
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France, Britain, America Russia
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Who formed the Triple Alliance?
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
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Who were the Central Powers?
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Germany, Austria-Hungary and Ottoman Empire
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Who was Gavrilo Princip?
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Murdered Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
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Heir to the Austrian throne
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Where was Archduke Ferdinand murdered?
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Sarajevo in Bosnian
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What pulled so many countries into the war?
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The Alliance System
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What happened in June of 1914?
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Ferdinand was murdered
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Why did Germany enter the war?
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Obligated by treaty
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What country invaded Belgium?
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Germany
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What is the Schlieffen Plan?
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A holding action against Russia, combined with a quick drive through Belgium to Paris; after France had fallen, the two German armies would defeat Russia
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What is No Man’s Land?
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A barren expanse of mud pockmarked with shell craters and filled with barbed wire between the trench complexes
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What is trench warfare?
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The war between the men in the trenches
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What were some reasons for America to stay out of the War?
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An imperialist struggle
It didn’t involve the Americans America should set an example of peace Americans didn’t want their sons to experience the horrors of warfare Millions of naturalized U.S. citizens had close ties to their native country |
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What are some reasons for America to enter the War?
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Americans felt close to Britain
Economic times were stronger with the Allies than the Central Powers Sinking of the Lusitania Germany was a bully Zimmermann note |
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Who sunk the Lusitania?
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Mechanical issues
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Who was the leader of World War I Germany?
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Frederick William Victor Albert of Hohenzollern, otherwise known as Kaiser Wilhelm II.
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What was the tipping point for the U.S entering WWI?
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Zimmermann Note
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Who attended the Versailles peace Conference?
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Georges Clemenceau-France; David Lloyd George-Britain; Vittorio Orlando-Italy; Woodrow Wilson-America
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