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16 Cards in this Set
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How did the Treaty of Versailles affect postwar Germany?
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left a legacy of bitterness and hatred in hearts of German people
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What event in Sarajevo ignited the Great War?
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assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Why did Britain take control of the Suez Canal?
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Because Egypt could not pay its debt
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Why did Bismark seek alliances that later became the Triple Alliance?
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to isolate France
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How did the Allies respond to Wilson's vision of peace?
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they hated it because it did not punish Germany for starting the war and France and Britain did not want to sign it.
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What cause the Americans to enter the war
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Sinking of Lusitania
Zimmerman Telegram |
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Trench warfare accomplished?
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keeping soldiers safe from gunfire on frontlines
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Europe's Great Powers
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Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Italy
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Why were Germany and A-H known as Central Powers?
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located in middle of Europe
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November 11, 1918
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Germany's Wilhelm II abdicated the throne and Germany signs armistice
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Which country's actions caused the US to enter the war?
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Germany
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Schlieffen Plan
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two pronged attack, first to France and then to Russia
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Punished under Treaty of Versailles
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Germany
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Total War
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Everyone is involved: many countries, many people, factories etc changed to support war effort
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14 Points
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Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace.
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Militarism
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Glorifying war and keeping army prepared for war
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