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5 causes of WW1

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MANIA Militarism, Alliance system, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

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Militarism

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Great powers began to build up their army’s and navies, Glorification of the military made governments want to have the most powerful military

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Pre-war Triple Entente members

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Russia, France, Britain

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Pre-war Triple Alliance members

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

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During the war Allied powers members

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Britain, France, Russia, US, Italy, and Japan (Pacific)

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During the war Central powers

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

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How did the assassination of the archduke spin war into motion

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Him in his wife were killed going through Sarajevo by a conspirator from Serbia who was apart of the Siberian Nationalist terrorist group

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What was the bank check

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Germany would give Austria Hungary unconditional support if they went to war with Serbia

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Name the 5 events following Austria declaring war on Serbia

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1.Russia began to mobilize to protect Serbia,
2.Germany declared war on Russia,
3.France began mobilizing (Russian ally)
4.Germany declared war on France
5.Germany invaded Belgium to crush and encircle France

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What led to stalemates

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Trench warfare

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Kaiser Wilhem ll ran

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Germnay

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Franz Joseph l ran

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Austria- Hungary

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Abdul Hamid ll ran

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Ottoman Empire

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David Llyd Gerorge ran

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Britain

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Raymond Poincare ran

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France

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Tsar Nicholas ll ran

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Russia

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Woodrow Wilson ran

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U.S

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Vittorio Orlando ran

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Italy

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What are the 3 western front battles

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Battle of the Marne, Verdun, Somme

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What battle set the stage for 4 years of trench warfare, Ended Germans hope of a quick victory, and was a Allied victory

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Battle of the Marne

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What battle was 10 months long, France vs. Germany, No strategic advantages for either side, 540,000 french causalities, 430,000 German causalities

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Verdun

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What battle is Britain and France vs. Germany, Six months, Five miles of advancement for the allies, one of the bloodiest battles in recorded history

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Somme

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What were the 4 eastern front battles

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Tannenberg, Turkish straights, Battle of Gallipoli, Caparetto,

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What battle was the eastern front, Russian vs Germany, Russia lost over a million soldiers, Russian army pushed back, Russia was outgunned and under supplied

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Tannenberg

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What battle was ottoman Turks vs. British international force, The Dardenelles.

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Turkish straights

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What battle did allies try to capture the dardanelles which are a key supply route to Russia, 10 month battle, Victory for the Turks.

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Gallipoli

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What battle Italy vs. Austria/German combined forces, Major loss for the Italians, the use of poison gas played a major role, Italians lost 300,000 soldiers occurred in present day Slovenia, German win

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Caparetto

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What is the plan that Germans rushed into France as fast as possible, but machine guns stopped the plan

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Schlieffen plan

28
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Were trenches long or short

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long

29
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What was the area between trenches

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No mans land

30
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How did trench warfare effect the WW1 timeline

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It extended it from a few months to 4 years

31
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What war was the first major war to use chemical weapons

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WW1

32
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What were the 2 most popular gasses in WW1

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Mustard, Chlorine

33
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What were 3 effects of Mustard and Chlorine gas

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Suffocation, blindness, death

34
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What was Germans secret weapon during the war

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U-Boat

35
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What were airplanes like WW1

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slow, clumsy, unreliable

36
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Who was the most famous pilot

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German Baron von Reichthofen

37
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What were 2 outcomes to the Treaty of Brest-litovsk

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  1. allowed Russia to exit the war
    2.Germany gained part of the Russian empire including the baltic states and parts of poland and ukraine
38
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Who sank the Lusitania

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German u-boats

39
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What was the Sussex pledge

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Germany promised not to slink merchant chips without warning and saving human lives

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Zimmerman note

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Germany sent a letter to Mexico for a compromise that if they declared war on U.S they would help them gain back territory from the u.s and then the u.s would leave europe, but britain intercepted it, the u.s saw it and Mexico never responded

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What was the last reason for the u.s joining the world war

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Germany sank 3 merchant ships, congress wanted war, they declared war on Germany in 1917

42
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2 reasons why Russia exited the war

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they had a government change due to the Russian revolution in 1917, Vladimr Lenin and the Bolsheviks reached an agreement with the german goveremnt

43
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What u.s president joined WW1

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Woodrow wilson

44
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National defence act

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expanded the army and authorized more warships

45
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What are the 3 reasons the central powers crumbled at the end of the war

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revoulitions in Austria-Hungary, Ottoman empire surrenders, German soldiers mutiny and the public turns against Kahier Wilhem ll

46
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Kaiser Wilhem resigned (Abdicated) on…

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11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918

47
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armistice

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cease fire

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