Chapter 25 Flashcards
Long term cause of world war 1
-Nationalism ( alliance system;Triple entente vs. triple alliance)
-Internal dissent (to distract)
-Militarism (Agressive focus on military preparation )
Conscription
Compulsory service in the armed forces
Two opposing rivals
Serbia ( backed up by Russia)
Austria ( backed up by Germany)
- Austria annexes bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia protests leading to tensions
Mobilization
Organization of troops and supplies for services in time of war
Schlieffen plan
- Plan of Germany to defeat France and Russia
- defeating France first, then Russia; demanded Belgium to let German troops match through nation to attack France, it upsets Britain, Britain declares war on Germany
- alliance system forces nation to come to alliance sides, all nations declare war.
Trench warfare
Opposing forces attack and counterattack from permanent system of trenches
Total war
Warfare in which all of the nation’s resources are mobilized for the war efforts
Nationalization
Process of converting a business or industry from private ownership to government control and ownership
Planned economy
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty that ended World War One
Article 231
War Guilt clause
Germany had to pay reparations and responsibility for war