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World War I Flashcards

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Original name of WWI

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The great war

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Attrition

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One or both sides kill everything to try and force the other side to surrender

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Four MAIN causes

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Militarism(arms race/military state)
Alliances(triple alliance v. Triple entente)
Imperialism(building empire)
Nationalism(pride in culture,ect)

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Triple alliance

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Central powers:
German empire
Ottoman Empire
Austria-hungary

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Triple entente

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Allies:
France
Britain
Russia

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The “spark”

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Assassination of the archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in Sarajevo

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Result of assassination of archduke Ferdinand

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Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia which was allied with Russia which was backed by France and Britain while Austria-Hungary was backed by Germany

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Trench warfare

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Not straight built by soldiers eat infested no mans land lived in water and disease as they couldn’t leave trenches

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Weapons

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Springfield rifle
Bayonet
Grenade
Machine guns

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Tanks

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Way to get across no mans land-would get stuck

First weapon produced by british

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Airplanes

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New not reliable first for reconesince later in dog fights and caused machine gun to be placed in back of plane

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Flying aces

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Eddie rickenbacher-US

Manfred Von rictoffen “red baron”-Germany

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Zeppelins

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German- Quiet blimps used for reconnescence
Caught fire or were shot down
Dropped bombs over Britain-demoralizing

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Submarines

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German ha sonar to tell when ship was above them an would torpedo them was restricted then unrestricted-cause for US joining war

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Chemical warfare

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Didn’t have gas masks-used ammonia rag
Chlorine-didnt smell, green gas-lethal caused suffocation
Mustard gas-blistering agent-shut down body

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Flamethrower

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German-unpredictable used to clear out trenches-had to get close to enemy and how tank didn’t blow up

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Western front

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Trench warfare-great Britain and France

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Eastern front

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Russia

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Stalemate

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Lasts almost two years

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Verdun

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Battle from feb. to dec. 1916 longest battle in WWI

800,000 men died

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Somme

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Major battle from July to dec. 1916

River in France-Brit. Tried to distract Germans from fighting in north but failed

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US neutrality

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Thought/expected sea to be neutral

Traded with both sides

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Naval blockade

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British navy blocked English canal and US did nothing to support britain

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U-boats

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German submarines

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Lusitania

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May 7, 1915
Ship with 180ish Americans shot down by uboat
US became anti-German

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Election of 1916

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Wilson is elected

“Peace with honor”

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Zimmerman telegram

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Sent to American government and press and published it declared unrestricted submarine warfare and offered alliance with Mexico if war with US starts

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Declaration of war

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Wilson asked congress for war on April 6, 1917

Reason:war would make democracy safe

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Convoy system

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Safety in numbers

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Selective service act

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1917 
Draft for men 21-30
Blacks required 
Open to whites
Troop segregated wanted 2 million
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John Pershing

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“Black Jack”- recruitant

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American expeditionary force

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Trains men 8 weeks before sending them to europe

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Committee on public information

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Told everyone central powers were bad and used propaganda to get everyone in board

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Propaganda

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Used to convince people of sometimes using guilt or calling on loyalty or integrity

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War industries board

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Told industry what to make and what not to make

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Good administration

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Convinced people to voluntarily ration food-called traitor if you wasted food that could have gone to soldiers

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Herbert Hoover

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Instituted days of going without certain foods-meat sugar wheat and what you would have use was sent to soldiers
Convinced school to have gardens in exchange for money

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Fuel administration

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Saved coal and gas-gas less days

Daylight savings time-reduced time factories were open to reserve fuel

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War financing bonds

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Sent money directly to war

More bought bc of propaganda

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Eugene debs

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Head of socialist party- Convinced people to not go to drafts held rallies before being imprisoned

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Charles schenk

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Wrote letters saying draft was unconstitutional and when imprisoned fought it

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Schenk v. U. S.

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191& used freedom if speech but Supreme Court ruled that during war if he is endangering the nation-fighting the draft- he could be imprisoned –>was not released

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Espionage Act

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1917 if you helped the enemy even by stopping recruitment you were tried of espionage and received 10 years in prison

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Sedition act

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1918 treason if you spoke against the country flag or soldiers you were charged with sedition and received 10 years in prison and $10,000

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Great migration

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African americans moved from plains to northeast to full factory positions

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Women

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Filled men’s jobs so fought for suffrage r

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19th amendment

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Women’s suffrage in 1920

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Armistice

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Nov. 11,1918 11 am

Ceased fire

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Paris peace conference

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Big 4 met in palace of Versailles and made treaty of Versailles

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Treaty of Versailles

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Changed map ending empires

Punished Germany

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Big 4

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US-pres. Wilson
Great Britain-David Lloyd George
France- Clemenceau
Italy- vittorio Orlando

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Change of German empire

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West lost Rhineland and Alsace-Lorraine
East lost some which went to Poland
South lost some to Czechoslovakia

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Austria Hungary empire

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Became Austria Hungary Yugoslavia and part of Czechoslovakia

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Collapse of Ottoman Empire

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Became turkey Syria Jordan Palestine Lebanon and Jordan-protecterats were Britain and France

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Russian revolution

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Reason left war- Tsar Nicholas was overthrown by Vladimir Lenin and Bolsheviks-became communist Soviet Union

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Change of Russia map

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5 countries out of part

Finland Estonia Latvia Lithuania an Poland

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Wilson’s 14 points

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All but last shot down-one Wilson fought for-league of nationa

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League of Nations

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Way for peace-for all nations to be able to talk through conflict Congress refused to join even after Wilson died while fighting for it

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Reservationists

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People in congress not completely opposed to treaty of Versailles

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Irreconcilables

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Opposed to treaty in any way bc of League of Nations

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