Chapter 26 (Tutoring) Flashcards
Causes of WWI
- Alliances created
- Rise of nationalism
- Militarism
- Economies
- Imperialism (colonialism)
Spark of WWI
Assassination of archduke Ferdinand in Serbia (emperor of Austria- Hungary)
What follows after the spark?
Austria-Hungary imposes demands on Serbia
Serbia does not meet all the demands
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
What follows after spark (2)
Serbia appeals to Russia and France
Russia then asks Austria-Hungary to back down on Serbia
Germany declares war one Serbia
What follows after spark (3)
France joins war against Germany
Germany invades Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland)
Britain declares war on Germany
What follows after spark (4)
Schlieffen plan (invade France through Belgium) Idea was to avoid 2 front war with France and Russia
What follows after spark (5)
Belgium is then invaded and conquered by Germany
German advance stopped by French and British at Marne river
What follows after spark (6)
Russia mobilize quickly and wins battles
As a result, Germany has to send troops too Russia
Because of this, the Schlieffen plan failed
What follows after spark (7)
Stalemate established in France until US joins the fight
Factors that lead to US joining allies
German U Boats begin attack in Atlantic Ocean
- Zimmerman note (between Germany and Mexico) over US territories
- Us declares war on Germany
Victory
- German offensive
- US led counter counter attack which ended war in 1918
- Wilton’s 14 points (peace plan)
Paris peace conference
Lloyd-UK (wanted strong britain)
Clemenceau-France (wanted to weaken Germany)
Orlando-Italy (wanted to get error oriels from Austria Hungary
Factors that lead to WWI
The creation of alliances
The rise of militarism
Nationalism
Economic competition
Colonization
Causes of March revolution 1917
- Disasters on battlefield
- Food and fuel shortages
- Collapse of monarchy
- Workers strike
Lenin (leader of a new party called the Bolsheviks)
Radical socialist group
Eventually becomes leader of proletariat- working class
November revolution
Peace, land, bread (Lenin promised this to the people)
Peasants wanted Land
City workers demand an end to shortages
Red guards took over (armed factory workers)
Took over from the provisional government
Bolsheviks end private ownership of land
Land distributed to peasants
Workers were given control of the factories and mines
Russian civil war
Between the Reds and the whites
Reds (communists/Bolsheviks people)
Whites (everyone else)
Reds appeal to nationalism that was taking place
Set up an organization called the Cheka (secret police)
Leon Trotsky (role was to turn the red army into an effective fighting force)
Lenin sets up the communist government in 1922
Lenin established a new economic policy (NEP)
Under this NEP, Lenin allowed some capitalist ventures to take place
After Lenin dies, Stalin took over in 1954