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Chapter 6 Test Flashcards

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Triple Alliance

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  • Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed in 1882
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Triple Entente

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  • Alliance between France, Great Britain, and Russia formed in 1907
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Allied Powers

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  • France, Great Britain, Russia, Japan(joined in 1915), Italy(joined in 1915), Romania(joined in 1916)
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Central Powers

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  • Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria(joined in 1915), Ottoman Empire(joined in 1915)
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Gavrilo Principe

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  • Arguably started the war because he assassinated the Archduke of Austria-Hungary Franz Ferdinand who was the heir of the Austria-Hungary throne
  • Was a member of the Black Hand
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Black Hand

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  • Wanted Bosnia to be free from Austria-Hungary
  • Had no connection with the Serbian government
  • Home grown terrorist group
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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  • Heir the the Austria-Hungary throne

- Was shot by Gavrilo Principe which started the war

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Schlieffen Plan

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  • Germany would fight on the French front while Russia was mobilizing their troops because they were expected to take long time to mobilize
  • Failed because Russia mobilized faster than expected and German troops had to be pulled from the French front 12 miles from taking Paris
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Western Front

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  • One of the two fronts Germany was fighting on

Germany fought France and Britain on this front

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Mobilization

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  • The process of assembly troops and supplies and making them ready for war
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Eastern Front

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  • One of the two fronts Germany was fighting on

- Germany fought Russia on this front

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Blockade

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  • Set up by a rival force to limit resources to the target country
  • Used by Britain to cut off Germany’s resources because they needed a lot of raw materials
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Trench Warfare

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  • Fighting from a series of ditches usually surrounded by barbed wire
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Total War

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  • A war that involved the complete mobilization of resources and people
  • Affected the lives of citizen in the warring countries
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Trench Foot

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  • A disease soldiers acquired when they stood in a lot of mud and it caused their feet to rot basically
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Propaganda

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  • Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause
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The 14 Points

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  • The points that Woodrow Wilson wrote up for the Treaty of Versailles that would benefit everyone and wouldn’t just punish Germany
  • These points would demolish imperialism, nationalism, and militarism, all causes of WWI
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Georges Clemenceau

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  • Prime Minister of France during WWI and represented France in the Treaty of Versailles
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Woodrow Wilson

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  • President of USA during WWI and represented USA in the Treaty of Versailles
  • Wrote up the 14 points
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David Lloyd George

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  • British politician and represented Great Britain in the Treaty of Versailles
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Versailles Treaty

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  • The peace treaty for WWI
  • Final product did not include any of Woodrow Wilson’s 14 points, only things that would punish Germany per France and Britain’s request
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League of Nations

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  • Woodrow Wilson’s idea
  • A general association of nations that would protect and represent big and small countries equally
  • USA never joined because the 14 points were not recognized
  • Similar to United Nations
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Czar Nicholas II

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  • Stepped down as Russian leader

- Was imprisoned and then murdered and burned with his family by soviets at the beginning of the Russian Civil War

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Soviets

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  • Russian councils composed from or representatives from the workers and soldiers
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Bolsheviks/Communists

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  • They were a group dedicated to violent revolution and hoped to destroy the capital system in Russia
  • Began as part of the Marxist party called Russian Social Democrats
  • Were led by Vladmir Ilyich and V.I. Lenin
  • Promised the Russian people they would end the war
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V.I. Lenin

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  • Was shipped to Russia by Germans in hopes that he would create disorder in Russia
  • Led the Communists
  • Signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany which made Russia give up Eastern Poland, Ukraine, and the Baltic Provinces
  • Promised peace to Russian people
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“Reds vs Whites”

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  • Reds were the communists

- Whites were the anti-communists

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Russian Civil War

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  • Lasted 3 years

- Communists(Reds) vs. Anti-Communists(whites)

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Stalemate

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  • In fighting where neither side gains the upper hand
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War Communism

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  • In WWI Russian government had control of banks and most industries, the seizing of grain from peasants, and the centralization of state administration under Communist control
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Battle of the Marne

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  • 1914
  • Germany vs. British and French
  • Where British and French kept the Germans from taking Paris
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Battle of Tannenberg

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  • 1914
  • Germans vs. Russians
  • Germans push Russians out of Germany
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Battle of Gallipoli

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  • 1915
  • British (Australian and New Zealand troops) vs. Ottoman’s
  • British were killed instantly when they landed on an Ottoman peninsula
  • British goal was to take the peninsula and use the waterway to get goods to Russia
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Battle of Ypres

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  • 1915
  • German vs. French
  • First battle where poisonous gas was used
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Battle of Jutland

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  • 1916
  • German Navy vs. British Navy
  • German ships attempt to break the blockade British have set up off the German coast
  • Germans back down very quickly
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Battle of Verdun

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  • 1916
  • German vs. French
  • French built forts to protect themselves from heavy artillery fire of Germans
  • No one won and nearly 1 million casualties between both sides
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Battle of Somme

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  • 1916
  • British vs. Germans
  • British attacked Germans and didn’t really gain much
  • Seen as a stupid battle with 1 million casualties
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Battle of Vimy Ridge

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  • 1917
  • British vs Germany
  • British used creeping barrage which backfired and nothing was gained
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Battle of Cambrai

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  • 1917
  • British vs. Germans
  • When British first used tanks
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Battle of the Second Marne

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  • 1918
  • Germans vs. British and French
  • Germans begin pushing British and French back and then USA troops show up
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Battle of Belleau Woods

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  • 1918
  • Within Battle of the Second Marne
  • Where American troops first show up and got their asses kicked
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Cease Fire

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  • on 11/11/18 at 11am

World History II-Snyder (6 decks)

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