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Who lit the match of the powder keg?

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Serbia

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What were the 4 causes of the war?

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Militarism
Nationalism
Allied sources
Imperialism

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What was the powder keg of Europe?

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Assassination of archduke

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Where was the powder keg of Europe?

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Balkan Peninsula

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Who starts the war?

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Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia

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What was propagandas purpose?

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Persuade, promote, and publicize

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What were the 2 fronts?

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Western and eastern fronts

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Which front had trench warfare and stalemate?

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Western front

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Which front was about mobility?

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Eastern front

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How did Italy’s allegiance change?

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Went from central powers to allied powers.

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Why is Germany the bully of Europeans?

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They destroyed Belgium, and continued to destroy many countries. (schlieffen plan)

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Why was America neutral?

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too far, we weren’t being hurt, we were trading with both sides

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How does america enter the war?

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The Zimmerman note

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Who was the U.S flying ace?

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Eddie Rickenbacker

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6 new modern warfares

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Poisonous gas
Tanks
Machine guns
Hand grenades
Airplanes
Gas masks
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What is stalemate?

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Nothing is gained or lost on either side

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Allies (beginning)

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France, Great Britain, Russia, Serbia

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Allies (later)

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Italy, France, Great Britain, Russia, Serbia, Japan, and U.S

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Central Powers (beginning)

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Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary

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Central Powers (later)

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Germany, Austria Hungary, and Turkey

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Effects of Trench Warfare?

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diseases, French foot, PTSD, new medicine, and medical areas

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Which front had more loss of life? (western and eastern)

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neither they were about equally the same

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Eddie Rickenbacker

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U.S flying ace.

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Who did Eddie fight a lot?

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The Red Baron

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who is the red baron?

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Manfred von richthofen

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what was the Zimmerman note?

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a telegram sent from Germany to Mexico trying to create a secret alliance, U.S sees it.

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what was the schiefflen plan?

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to go through the west, through Belgium and France and go east to damage Russia.

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What were the 2 faces of war? explain

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Soldiers: war on the battlefield
Civilians: war on the home front

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conscientious objector

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one who opposes the war on moral grounds

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How did the government take over?

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they controlled resources, wealth, and production.

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what was rationed and by who?

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everything needed was rationed by the government

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Some conservation techniques

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gasless Sundays, meatless Monday, lightless nights

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What caused patriotism to fall and opposition to war to rise?

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public opinion

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3 ways the government tried to maintain support?

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used force, made laws, limited freedoms

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What were 3 laws made? (briefly describe)

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DORA- legally punish people who speak out against the war (GB)
Espionage and Sedition Act- legally punish people speaking out against war(US)
Censorship- controlled the press (US)

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who were the soviets?

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councils composed of representatives from the workers and soldiers

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provisional government?

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created by the legislative body consisted of middle class representatives

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what was the downfall of the Russian industry?

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they were unable to produce weapons for the war

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what did the soviets promise?

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peace

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what was the part that became dedicated to violent revolution?

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Bolsheviks

41
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what did the Marxists believe?

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that the “have nots” would overthrow the “haves”

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what did the bolshevieks promise?

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peace, land, bread

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why did a civil war in Russia begin?

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people opposed the communists

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what were the 2 sides in the Russia civil war?

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red army: communists

white army: anti-communists

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what lead to communist victory?

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them being well disciplined

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what was the black hand?

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a group that wanted the archduke assasinated

47
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What action gives a physiological boost to all allied powers?

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America entering the war

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what 3 things does America do to help allies?

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physiological boost, gives supplies, and adds troops

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what is armistice day?

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the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918

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what is armistice day now celebrated as?

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veterans day

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how did the war begin and end?

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began as an imperialist fight, ended as an ideological fight

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what did the allied nations want at the paris peace conference?

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revenge and retribution

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who proposed the fourteen points? what did they propose?

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President Wilson and it was a speech to congress before the war even ended.

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what were the main points?

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self determination, and the league of nations

55
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what was president wilsons main goals?

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to create lasting world peace

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what was the league of nations?

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organization in which the nations of the world join together to ensure security and peace

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how did congress feel about the league of nations?

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shot it down, and felt it would drag the country into other wars

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who was represented at the paris peace conference?

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only the “winners” the allied powers.

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what was the major conflict at the paris peace conference?

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Wilson wanted peace and the big 3 wanted revenge

60
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BIG 4

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US, France, Italy, and Britain

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what was the treaty of Versailles?

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the very last peace settlement.

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why did Austira Hungary split?

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the treaty of versailles

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what were the 3 requirements of just Germany?

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  1. have to pay the repartitions
  2. loss of territory
  3. loss of military
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what was also included in the treaty?

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the war guilt clause

65
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what did Wilson fear about the treaty of versialles?

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that Germany would never forget about this humiliation

66
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what was the legacy of war on humanity?

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bloodiest war ever

lives changed forever

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legacy of war on geography?

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Europe is redrew

empires shattered: Austria hungary. Germany and turkey shrink. self determination is gone

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legacy of war on society and politics?

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  1. personal freedoms
  2. womens roles change
  3. instability in Europe
  4. insecurity in Europe
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positives of the world being a completely different place?

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war is over, family comes home

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negatives of the world being a completely different place?

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PTSD for soldiers, and loss of people,

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impact of total war

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patriotism grew, economy take over, massive dent in the population, new roles for women, 19th amendment.

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what is the 19th amendment?

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women get the right to vote

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