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The assassination of this heir to the Austrian Throne led to WWI.
Franz Ferdinand
Austrian investigators linked the assassination of the Austrian heir to a terrorist group called this.
Black Hand
This Serbian nationalist went to Sarajevo in Bosnia intending to assassinate the Austrian heir in the name of Serbian nationalism.
Gavrilo Princip
Germany’s confidence in a short war had been based on a plan to neutralize France devised by this man.
Alfred von Schlieffen
This Russian Tsar ordered the Russian army to mobilize.
Nicholas II
The German war plan also called for Germans to pass through this neutral country in order to hit at France.
Belgium
By September of 1914, the British and French had successfully fought off the Germans at this location.
Marne River
Millions fought in trenches that stretched from the North Sea through Belgium and northern France to Switzerland. This was called the _______.
Western Front
A coalition of Britain, France and Russia was called the _______.
Allies (or Allied Powers)
The coalition of Germany, Austria, and the Ottomans was called the _______.
Central Powers
The First World War was called this by those who experienced it.
Great War
On January 18, 1915 the Japanese presented the Chinese government with a secret document called _______.
The Twenty-One Demands
In Russia, the war amplified existing stresses to such an extent that this dynasty was forced to abdicate.
Romanov
The tsar was forced to abdicate in favor of this government in 1917.
Provisional Government
In May 1915, this British passenger ship was sunk, killing 124 Americans.
Lusitania
On 25 Feb., 1917, British authorities sent this famous telegram to Wilson.
Zimmerman Telegram
To fend off criticism, the US stirred up patriotic fever. In 1917, the president created this propaganda organization.
Committee on Public Information (CPI)
In this document, President Wilson called for ‘a free, open-minded and absolutely impartial adjustment of colonial claims’ and the right of self-determination.
Fourteen Points
This document consisted of 5 individual treaties that redrew European boundaries.
Peace of Paris
The centerpiece of the Peace of Paris was the Treaty of Versailles, including the ‘war guilt clause’ that placed blame for the war directly on Germany. This clause is known as _______.
Article 231
