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14 Cards in this Set
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How did the alliance system that developed in the aryl 1900s help cause World War I?
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other countries were drawn into the war because the current alliances made countries side against each other
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Describe Trench Warfare. How did technology affect the way the war was fought?
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Dug in deep, wet, disease ridden
Airplanes, subs, machine gun, artillery gun, tanks, poison guns |
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What nation joined the allied war effort in 1917? What nation dropped out of the war in 1918?
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US
Russia |
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How did the treaty of versailles punish Germany?
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shorten army size, smaller germany, fees
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How did WWI contribute to the collapse of Russia monarchy?
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put Russia in a weak spot and hungered for change
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militarism
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rise of military
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Schieffen Plan (what was it and how did it fail?)
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Russia mobilized faster-shift in forces to the east-weakening west, September 1914- Battle of Marne
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Gavrilo Princip
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conspirator who killed Archduke and wife in Austria-Hungary
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Alsace-Lorraine
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lost border province of French who lost it in Franco-Prussian War
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Recession
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Period of reduced economic activity
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Dardanelles
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vital strait connecting the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea in present day turkey
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Conscription
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the draft which required all young men to be ready for military or any other service
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Lusitania
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British Liner sunk by Germany
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Effect of Propaganda
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Encouraged people to join the war
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