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27 Cards in this Set
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The triple entente |
France, Russia, Great Britain |
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The central powers |
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy |
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Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism and Imperialism |
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Alliances |
Europe was making agreements 2 help one another in the event of a crisis |
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Militarism |
European countries we're putting a lot of time and money into strengthening their armies and navies |
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Nationalism |
Rulers+citizens of countries had a lot of pride in their country+wanted rest of world to respect them as well |
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Imperialism |
Controlling new lands |
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How did it start/ what broke the called back? |
Serbian nationalist assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand (heir to Austria-Hungary throne) |
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Domino effect? |
Serbia refused ultimatum. Austria attacked Serbia. Russia defending Serbia attacked Austria. Germany stepped in attacking France through Belgium. Belgium and France retaliated and Great Britain stepped in. Us and Japan later joined. |
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How many dead after WWI |
15 million |
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What new technology was around? |
Tanks, airplanes, poison gas, machine guns and barbed wire |
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Why did the U.S get involved? |
1915; The Lusitania, a British ship was sunk by a German submarine torpedo, it killed 114 americans.1916,Black Tom, an island in New Jersey was detonated by Germany, it killed 7 and hit the statue of liberty with shrapnel.January 1917; A memo was sent by Arthur Zimmermann to Mexico asking for an alliance between Germany, Mexico and Japan in exchange for U.S land(New Mexico, Texas and Arizona).March 1917; Germans sank 3 American merchant ships.April 1917; U.S finally declares war |
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Key points of treaty of Versailles |
League of Nations+BRATS |
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What is league of Nations? |
Created to avoid future war; Germany was excluded |
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B |
Blame;Germany was blamed for WW1 |
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R |
Reperations; Germany had to pay £6,600,000 in reperations |
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Army; Germany's army+military+weapons were drastically reduced. |
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Territory; Germany lost territory in Europe. Germany's colonies were given to Britain and France. |
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Sovereignty; many nationalities won their independence |
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When did WW1 begin? |
July 1914 |
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When did the U.S enter WW1? |
April 1917 |
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When did WW1 end? |
November 11, 1918 |
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The Paris peace conference |
In France; A series of meetings in January 1919 where allied powers decided how to move forward and establish peace after World War 1 |
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"Big four" |
America(Woodrow Wilson)Great Britain(Lloyd George) and France(George Clemenceau) |
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Woodrow's wants |
World peace, keeping u.s wealthy through trading and sovereignty |
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Lloyd's wants |
Future peace, protecting G.B and rebuilding G.B |
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Clemenceau's wants |
Rebuilding France, revenge on Germany and protecting France from getting attacked again. |
