WW1 Flashcards

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Mustard gas

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Originally created by the Germans, a poison gas that can cause death, fired in shells, 1917

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Cloren gas

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Created by the Germans, can cause death, poison gas

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3
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Triple Alliance

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, & Italy

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4
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Triple Entente

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Britain, France, and Russia

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5
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Nationalism

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pride in one’s nation (not so much leader but beliefs)

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6
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Black hand

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Organization that kills Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and wife

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7
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The Great War, the war to end all war

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WW1

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8
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M ILITARISM
A LLIANCES
N ATIONALISM
I MPERIALISM
A SSASSINATION

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M

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Militarism

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10
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A

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Alliances

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N

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Nationalism

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12
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2nd I

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Imperialism

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13
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2nd A

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Assassination

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14
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Militarism

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Empires expensive to build and defend
•Development of armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy
•The growing European divide had led to an arms race between the main countries.
•Both France and Germany’s armies had doubled between 1870-1914 and there was fierce competition between Britain and Germany for mastery of the seas

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15
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Alliance

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Decades leading up to WWI-keep the balance of powers by providing a measure of international security
•A formal agreement or union between nations to help if needed-Alliance signed countries become ALLIES
•By 1907 2 major defense alliances in Europe
The TRIPLE ENTENTE TRIPLEALLIANCE
•France Germany
•Britain Austria-Hungary
•Russia Italy

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16
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Imperialism

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The policy of extending a nation’s authority over other countries by economic, political, cultural, or military means
•Scramble for Africa, Spanish-American War
•Why want colonies?
–Raw materials
–Markets for manufactured goods

17
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The Spark-Assassination

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Assassination: Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife assassinated in 1914
•Killed by a Serbian nationalist in Bosnia
–Member of the Black Hand
–Wanted Serbia to be independent from Austria Hungary

18
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WWI WARFARE

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•Both sides used new technology to attack more soldiers from greater distances
•Trench Warfare
•Bolt-Action Rifle
•Machine Guns
•Poisonous Gas
•Zeppelin
•Tanks
•Planes
•Torpedoes

19
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Trench foot

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When a foot was in water for to long it would swell and had a very high pain