Chapter 18 Multiple Choice Flashcards
Germany’s war strategy (1st step)
to quickly defeat France
Bismarck/sytem of alliances
to isolate France
U.S. enters war on Allied side because of
unrestricted submarine warfare
British enter into WWI
occurred when German marched into neutral Belgium
Vladimir Lenin comes to power
when his radicals overthrew the government
“war guilt clause”
Germany admits to starting the war
Triple Entente
France Great Britain and Russia
(July 1914) Austria-Hungary takes stand against Serbia
to discourage Serbian nationalism
Russian army on eastern front
poorly supplied and poorly led
early tension in Germany and France (1900s)
France wanted to regain Alsace-Lorraine
first step of WWI
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
U.S. Senate refusal of Versailles Treaty
was to keep the U.S. out of international affairs
Balkans/ “powder keg”
nationalism had started several small wars
stalemate on western front
neither side to defeat the other
Pres. Wilson/ “peace without victory”
means we want to try to avoid another war
Wilson and other “architects of peace” differ
on how to punish Germany so Germany could not take revenge
Provision of Wilson’s 14 points included
- open covenants (no secrecy) 2. peaceful colonial claims 3. self determination
American entry into WWI
- the sinking of the Lusitania 2. the telegram that the Germans had sent to Mexico 3. Wilson’s make the world safe for democracy
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
- Bosnia-location 2. Gavrillo Princip-assassin 3. Black Hand- group that claimed responsibility
occurred immediately before Germany signed the armistice
German kaiser abdicates
