World War 1 Flashcards
When did it start
1914
What were the causes
Disagreement over colonies
Military arms race
What is an alliance
An agreement between states to aid eachother in wartime
Who was assinated on the 28 th of june
Franz ferdinand the archduke
Who did the austrians blame
Seribia
Who was an allie to seribia
Russia
Who was an allie to austria
Germany
What did ww 1 see the introduction of
New military technology awroplanes submarines chemical weapons
Wahtw as the paris peace conference
Entente powers dictacted the terms of thr peace treaty to germany and its allied powes
Who were tge main leaders
Woodrow wilson us
Georges clemenceau french prime minister
David lloyd georde beitish prime minister
What did woodrow wilson want
Wanted a just peace to prevent future wars
Reduce the size of armies to preserve peace
Tight to self determination the right of people or nation sharing a common language and culture to goven themeseleces
What did clemencue wnat
Blames germany for the war wanted to punk them
Secure france from future attacks
What did lloyd George want
Punish germany
Peace treaty
Main points of the treary
War guilt cause blamed solely on germanu
Germany would pay 6.6 million in reparations
Germany surrendered its colonies
Germany airfields reduces to 100,00 men
Germany forbidden ti unite with austria
League of nations set up
Consequences of we 1
New states poland czechslovakia turkey
Resentment
Eaconomic problems reparationd imposed on germany crippled its exonomy
Rise of communism
League of nations set up
