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World War One Flashcards

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Causes of WWI

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Imperialism, Militarism, Nationalism, and Entangling Alliances

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Entangling Alliances

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Web of alliances that forced countries to fight for each other if needed

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Allies/Triple Entente

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Russia, France, Britain

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Central Powers/ Triple Alliance

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Italy, Austria-Hungary, Germany

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Treaty

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Countries agree not to fight eachother

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Alliance

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Countries will help each other; Friends

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Aid

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Countries sending resources to one another

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Imperialism

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Taking over less powerful territories/countries
Increased tension for more colonies
Countries want to be more superior than other countries

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Militarism

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The belief that development and maintenance of the military is the most important goal for society

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How did Imperialism encourage militarism?

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Imperialism created a need for a massive army that could respond around the world

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How did the Industrial Revolution encourage militarism?

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The Industrial Revolution provided new resources/products to build these powerful armies

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Nationalism

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Aggressively pursued throughout Europe by ethnic groups that were being controlled by larger empires

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Example of how nationalism contributed to the start of WWI?

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In the Austrian-Hungarian empire, many Serbians wanted to break away

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What year did the US enter the war?

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1917

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Why did the US enter the war?

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Sank a British ship that had 128 American citizens on it and sank 3 American ships

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Unrestricted submarine warfare

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Germany declared that they would sink any ship in the water around Britain

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The Zimmerman Telegram

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A note from Germany that promised to reclaim the land that Mexico had lost from the US if they (Mexico) would join the alliance;Intercepted by the US

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Schlieffen Plan

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  1. Russia would be slow to mobilize
  2. France would be easy to conquer
  3. Quickly attack France on the West then fight Russia on the East
  4. Resulted in fighting on the Western Front
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Why did the Schlieffen plan fail?

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  1. Russia mobilizes fast than expected

2. France was actually difficult to conquer

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