Ch: 26 WW1 Flashcards
Russo-Turkish war of 1877
1) . Slaviks wanted independence from Austria
2) . Russia helped little brothers
3) . Treaty of Stan-Stefano
Bismarcks goal for Germany
Not to expand territory
Congress of Berlin
1). Reviewed the treaty of San-Stefano
Willhelm the 2nd political goals
Rise in power to rival Britain
Impact of second morocco crisis
Cemented ties between France and Britain ( backfired )
The Schlieffen Plan
Avoid a two front war
Battles in the western front
1) battle of the marn
2) . Battle of the some
3) . Battle of verdun
Woodrow Wilson’s view on the war
World safe for democracy
March rev. In Russia
Tsar was incapable of ruling
Rasputin in Russia
Created political problems
Facts about the Bolsheviks
1) . Name means majority
2) . Most skillfully led
3) . In the nov. rev. They overruled the Duma
Soviets
Council of workers
building blocks for communism
Treaty of Brest-litovsk
1) . Pulled Russia out of the war
2) . U.S. entered the war
Last German offensive
1) . Germany was the only central power
2) . U.S. stopped it
Casualties of WW1
10 million dead 20 million wounded ( central- 4 mil ( ally's- 5 mil ( citizens- 1 mill