Unit 9 - World War I Flashcards
1
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
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- most responsible for the start of the war
- Germany
2
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Czar Nicholas II
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- Russia (last emperor)
- autocratic ruler
3
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George V
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- England (largest empire)
4
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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- Austria-Hungary
- assassinated (by the Black Hand)
5
Q
Gavrilo Princip
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- shot the archduke in Bosnia
6
Q
Woodrow Wilson
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- made the 14 Points
- wanted peace
- U.S. president
7
Q
Rasputin
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- self-proclaimed holy man
- Alexandra thought that he could cure her son
8
Q
Joseph Stalin
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- Lenin’s successor
9
Q
Triple Entente (allies)
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- France
- Russia
- England
10
Q
Triple Alliance (Central Powers)
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- Germany
- Austria-Hungary
- Italy
11
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Bolsheviks
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- communist part of the Soviet Union
- led by Vladimir Lenin
12
Q
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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- people treaty between Russia and Central Powers
- ended Russia’s participation in the war
13
Q
New Economic Policy
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- allowed peasants to grow and sell their own food
- loosened trade restrictions
14
Q
14 Points
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- Woodrow Wilson
- written to prevent a war from happening again
15
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Treaty of Versailles
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- ended the war
