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WW1 History Flashcards

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Armistice

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Agreement to end fighting

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Atrocity

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Horrible acts to civilians

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Cheka

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Russia secret police

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Convoy

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Used by Allies to protect supply ships

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Dardanelles

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Water way connecting Black sea to Mediterranean

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Entente

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Non- binding agreement

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Fourteen Points

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List of terms by Pres. Wilson to end WW1

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Lusitania

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British ship sunk by germany

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Mandate

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Territories controlled by western powers

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Militarism

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Glorification of military

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Neutrality

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Taking neither side in war

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Proletariat

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Class of factory, railroad, miners, and urban workers

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Propaganda

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Spreading ideas to make a cause

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Reparations

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Payments for war damages

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Soviet

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Councils of workers/soldiers in Russia

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stalemate

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neither side is able to win

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t.e. lawrence

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british colonel helped arabs gain freedom by ottomans

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total war

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channel all resources to war

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Triple alliance

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germany, italy, austria-hungary

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u-boat

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greatest impact on war by germany (submarine)

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ultimatum

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a final demand/request

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zepplins

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gas filled balloons by germany to drop bombs

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1917 event boosted allied morale

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us joined

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abdication of tsar

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food shortages/ defeat in battle

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armistice (when)

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11 am. nov 11th, 1918

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assassination of Franz ferdinand

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triggered WW1

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Big 3

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us, britain, france

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bolsheviks

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leader, VI Lenin seized control in 1917

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countries created after WW1

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yugoslavia

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effects of nationalism on 1900s Europe

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austria feared increased rebellion

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first battle of marne

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ended germany’s hope for quick victory

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how were international tensions raised in early 1900s

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competiton for colonies

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how were marxist ideas adapted to russian’s conditions

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russia didn’t have large urban workers

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league of nations

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weakened by us not joining

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new economic policy of 1921

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small businesses could reopen for private profit

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Ottoman empire as an ally

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joined central powers, controlled russian supply routes

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schlieffen plan

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germany wanted to avoid war on 2 fronts, failed, russia mobilized quickly

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t.e. lawrence

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war in middle east

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threat to peace in postwar europe

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many overlapping claims on territory

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treaty of versailles

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forced germany to pay for repairs from war

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trench warfare

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machine guns and artillery made hard to advance

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what event triggered the start of the war

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assassination of austrian heir

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immediate result of russia’s withdrawl from war

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germany concentrated on western front

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underlying causes of war

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MAIN

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why colonials wanted to participate on WW1

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they wanted civil rights

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why did britain join the war

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germany invaded belgium

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why did russia join the war

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austria declared war on russia’s ally serbia

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why US entered war

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cultural ties with britain

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women and war effort

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worked in industries

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zimmerman note

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germany offered mexico US land

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