S.S Flashcards

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Arms race

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Building huge armies and navies to outdo rival nations and protect world interests

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Militarism

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Fascination with the glory of war and the power of the military

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Alliance

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Agreements among completing blocs of nations to help each other if war broke out

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Triple entente

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A friendly agreement/ alliance created between Britain,France,and Russia before the war started. An attack on one of these nations meant an attack on every nation in the alliance

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Triple alliance

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An alliance created before the war between Germany,Austria- hungry, and Italy. An attack on one of these nations meant an attack on every nation in the alliance

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Mobilization

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The assembly or movement of troops in a country

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Conscription

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Forced citizens to join the military in their country

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Allied powers

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Countries that joined sides during the war: Britain, France,Russia and Italy. Layer the United States joined this side

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Central Power

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Countries that joined sides during the war: Germany,Austria- Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

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Propaganda

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Ideas,Facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further ones cause or to damage an opposing cause

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Trench warfare

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Ditches called trenches that were created to protect and fight against the other side during the war

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Total war

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It means that a country is devoting all possible resources,money,food,civilians,and factories to the war effort

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Blockade

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To prevent supplies from getting to a certain area or prevent the movement of ships to their destination

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Armistice

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Cease-fire. The war is over

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Treaty of Versailles

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The document created at the end of World War One to bring peace to nations and settle the disputes.this treaty was between the Allies and Germany. The document was unfair to Germany and caused biter tensions in Europe

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Reparations

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Payments for the costs of war; Germany was forced to pay the allies for damages caused by the war

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League of Nations

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A peace keeping organization created after World War One. Wilson created this organization in his 14 points. It was not successful.

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Fourteen points

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President Woodrow Wilson developed this plan to create a listing peace after WWI. It was rejected by many of the European Leaders

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Next in line leader to Austria - Hungary . He was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, which started World War One

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George’s Clemenceau

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Leader of France who was part of the if four that made the treaty of Versailles

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David Lloyd George

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Leader of Britain who was part of the big four that made the treaty of Versailles

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Woodrow Wilson

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President of the u.s during WWI wrote the fourteen points and part of the big four that made the treaty of Versailles

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Wilhelm II

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Leader of Germany during WWI

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Arthur Zimmerman

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Foreign of minister of Germany and penned the Zimmerman telegram which made the us enter the war