World War 1 Flashcards
Triple Entente
Great Britain, France, Russia
Triple Alliance
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy
Socialism
An economic and political system in which the government owns and controls the country’s means of production
Event that started WWI
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed by a Serbian rebel, so A-H got mad and declared war on Serbia
Order of war declarations
- A-H > Serbia
- Germany > Russia
- Germany > France
- GB > Germany
- A-H > Russia
Belgium
Neutrality was violated by German troops in the beginning of WWI
Entry of Italy into WWI
May of 1915, betrayed the Triple Alliance by entering with Allies because the Triple Alliance violated their defensive treaty
Airplanes
1st used as “scouts” to spot the enemy’s position
Zeppelins
German ships used in Air Force; filled with extremely flammable Hydrogen
Trench warfare
- new way of fighting
- created stalemate because nobody left their trenches
- created “no mans land”
- sicknesses were obtained because of living in a trench
Entry of US into WWI
A British passenger ship, Lusitania, with American passengers was struck by a German submarine and sunk. This made the US angry and they entered
Gain for women after WWI
Greatest gain: got the right to vote!
Grigory Rasputin
Greatly influenced Russia by advising the queen who trusted him because he said he could cure her son’s hemophilia. He’s weird and the Russian people killed him by poisoning, shooting him 3 times and then throwing him in the river.
Petrograd
The Russian Capital of St.Petersburg sounded too German, so they changed it to Petrograd
Soviets/Bolsheviks
Ideas: promise end to war, give land to the poor, let workers control factories and industries
Leader: Vladimir Lennin
Seizure of power: got Germany’s help and took over the gov’t
Cheka: Red (communist) secret police
