Wwi Test Review - Berends

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Militarism

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Glorifying war and preparing for it

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Triple Alliance

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Military agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

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Kaiser Wilhelm II -

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Emperor of Germany

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Triple Entente

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Military agreement among Britain, France, and Russia

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Assassinated in Bosnia Sarajevo by the Serbian nationalist group, Black Hand, immediate cause of WWI

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Dates for WWI

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1914-1919

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Schlieffen Plan

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Germany’s plan for winning the war on two fronts; invade France 1st then Russia.

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Allies

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Great Britain, France, Russia, and other nations who fought on their side

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Central Powers

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and other nations who fought on their side

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Trench warfare

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Fighting from trenches dug in the battlefield

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Western Front

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Region of northern France where much fighting took place

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Eastern Front

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Region along German-Russian border where much fighting took place

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Unrestricted submarine warfare

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Using submarines to sink any ship without warning

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Lusitania

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British passenger line that was sunk by German; one cause of U.S. entry into WWI because it had Americans on board.

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Zimmerman Note

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The British intercepted a secret message from Germany to Mexico. Message asked Mexico to ally itself with Germany in return, Germany offered to help Mexico regain land lost to the U.S.; one of the causes for the U.S. entry into WWI.

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Total wa

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War in which countries use all their resources for the war

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Rationing

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Control of the amounts and kinds of goods people can have

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propaganda

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One-sided information designed to persuade

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Armistice

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Agreement to stop fighting

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Woodrow Wilson

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President who proposed the Fourteen Points and represented the United States at Versailles

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Georges Clemenceau

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France’s premier and delegate at Versailles

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Fourteen Points

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President Wilson’s of the U.S. plan for a just and lasting peace

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Self-determination

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Allowing people to decide for themselves about what kind ofgovernment they want; part of Wilson’s 14 points

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Treaty of Versailles

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Agreement at the end of World War I between Germany and the Allied Powers; Ended WWI and placed all the blame on Germany

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League of Nations

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International group with the goal of keeping peace among nations; only one of Wilson’s 14 Points that makes it into the Treaty of Versailles.

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M.A.I.N. Causes of WWI

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Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, & Nationalism

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Militarism

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Glorification of the military

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Alliances

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Alliance system in Europe meant everyone was involved in the war

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Imperialism

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Competition over colonies led to military tension

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Nationalism

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Pride in your people that can lead to tension (Serbs for example).

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Immediate cause of WWI

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Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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What new war technologies had a significant impact on the war?

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Machine guns, tanks, air planes, poisonous gas, trenches warfare, submarines

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Why new war technology cause an increase in casualty rates?

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Fighting techniques & strategies hadn’t caught up with new warfare technology.

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Allied Powers

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France, Russia, and Great Britain

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Central Powers

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

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The region of the map known as the “Powder Keg’ of Europe.

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The Balkans

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Nation that switched sides at the beginning of the war.

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Italy

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Nation that dropped out of the war in 1917.

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Russia

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Nation that joined the Allies in 1917.

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U.S.

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New nations in Europe that existed after WWI

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Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Turkey

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Nation that disappeared from the map after WWI

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Ottoman Empire

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Why did the US stay out of WWI for as long as they did?

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Policy of Isolationism – wanted to stay out of European affairs, they didn’t think it involved them.

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What things eventually brought the US into WWI?

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Business interests, the sinking of the Lusitania, the Zimmerman note, and American anti-German propaganda.

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What was propaganda & what role did it play in WWI?

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Governments also used propaganda, one-sided information designed to persuade, to keep up morale and support for the war. It was used by governments to explain to their own people why the nation was involved in the war.

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What was conscription & what did this mean for nations with colonies like Great Britain?

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conscription laws required people to join the army if their names were selected. Men ages of 18-50 were required to register for the draft & when the government needed soldiers, men were randomly called upon to fight. Imperial powers like G.B. called upon their colonies to help in the struggle.

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What was rationing & what role did it play in WWI?

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So many goods were in short supply in WWI that governments turned to this system where people could buy only small amounts of those items that were also needed for the war effort. Eventually, rationing covered a wide range of goods, from butter to shoe leather.

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What role did women play in the war? How did this cause a significant change in the view of women in general?

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Women replaced men in factories, offices, and shops, ran hospitals. Also served in the military as well, where they worked as clerks, secretaries, drivers, and typists. Although most women left the work force when the war ended, they changed many people’s views of what women were capable of doing.

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What were the new ways that governments financed the war?

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One movement that raised a large amount of money was the sale of war bonds. These certificates are investments that people can buy that the government will pay back later.

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Who were the big four nations at the peace conference?

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United States, Great Britain, Italy and France

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What did President Wilson of the U.S. want at the end of WWI?

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Peace through his 14 points.

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Blame “War Guilt Clause”

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Part of the Terms of the Treaty of Versailles where Germany was placed with all the blame for the war

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Reparations

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Payments that Germany had to pay the Allies for the costs incurred in the war.

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Reduction of Armies

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Part of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was forced to drastically reduce the size of its army and navy.

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Lost territories

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As part of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany had to give up land to France, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark and Poland, including West Prussia, Alsace-Lorraine.

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Lost colonial holdings

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As part of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany lost its overseas colonies were surrendered to the control of the League of Nations & made into mandates of the Allies.

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What treaty ended WWI? Who took all the blame?

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Treaty of Versailles, Germany

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What was the mandate system?

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System that developed at the end of WWI when the former colonies of Germany & the Ottoman Empire ended up mandates under European control, a thinly veiled attempt at continuing imperialism.

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What were the lasting effects of WWI?

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Lasting resentment leads to WWII, genocide is tool of war, growth of nationalism and hatred, beginning of Arab-Israeli conflict; women gained the right to vote, end of dynasties in German, Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire. Many countries lost a lot of territory. Great Depression follows.