ww1 Flashcards
central powers
germany, bulgaria, austria-hungary, ottoman empire
allied powers
US, britain, france, italy, russia
woodrow wilson
28th president, lead during ww1 and was neutral for a while
franz ferdinand
archduke of austria-hungary that was assasinated
arthur zimmerman
sent the note that was intercepted asking mexico to join war in exchange for u.s. land
gavrilo princip
assasinated franz
alfred von schlieffen
created a plan for ww1, chief of army
george creel
made propaganda
alvin york
helped capture over 100 germans in an otheriwse doomed mission
czar nicholas 1
last russian emperor
schlieffen plan
defeat france, shift east to defeat russia. invaded belgium to get to france
brest-litosvk treaty
recognized ukraine, georgia, and finland as independent. gave poland and baltic states to germany and austria, ceded kars, ardahan, and batum to turkey
selective service act
fair drafting of qualifiable men
ww1 end date
nov 11, 1918 11am
treaty of versailles
formally ended ww1, required germany to pay for reparations, disarm, lose territory, give up oversea colonies
5 tech advances of ww1
poison gas, machine guns, tanks, flying machines, explosives
1917 russia
russian revolutions of bolsheviks, communism rose
big 4
lloyd george of britain, vittorio orlando of italy, georges clemenceau of france, woodrow wilson of US
USA 3 reasons for entering ww1
lusitania, zimmerman note, unrestricted marine warfare
propaganda
the influence of flase public information
M.A.I.N.
militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
