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1
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What holiday is November 11

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Veterans day

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How long was WW1

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1914-1918

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Second name for WW1

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Great War

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4 Causes that brought about the war (describe)

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1) Militarism (glorification of war) created an “arms race”/ military build-up of forces and weapons
2) Alliance System (military allies) created world conflict out of minor incidents
3) Imperialism (created rivalries between empires for power)
4) Nationalism (desire for self-rule)

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Power Keg of Europe

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ready to explode (Balkan Peninsula)

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Archduke of Austria-Hungary

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Black hand

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Serbian terrorist group

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Gavrilo Princep

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Assassin who killed the archduke and his wife

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Pan-Slavism

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bring independence to the region

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How was the assassination of the archduke of Austria-Hungary created a world war

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they were given an ultimatum or war

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What was the original purpose of the alliance system

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balance of power

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5 modern weapons used in WW1

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machine gun- the most deadly
artillery- launch exploding shells
tanks- break down barned wires and cross trenches
zeppelins- blimps used for reconnaissance
poison gas- “mustard gas”

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3 purposes of Propaganda

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1) recruitment of men
2) promote patriotism at home/support
3) make the enemy look evil

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Western Front

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northsea-switzerland

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northern front

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baltic sea- black sea

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3 main reasons usa entered war

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1) sinking of Lusitania
2) unrestricted submarine warfare
3) zimmerman telegram

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why did russia eventually pull out the war in 1917

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socialist democratic party took over in Oct. and promptly pull russia out of ww1

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why were the allied powers concerned when russia pulled out the war

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germany can now concentrate all its forces on the western front

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american impacts on the war

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1) boosted morale of the allied powers
2) fresh man troops
3) supplies and equipment

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20
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what is bloody stalemate

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neither sides won

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big 4 countries and leaders

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Great Britain- David Lloyd George
France- georges clemenceau
Usa- woodrow wilson
italy- vittorio orlando

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purpose of the first five points on wilsons peace plan

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ways to prevent future wars

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point 6-13 dealt with something called “self determination”

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nations should have the right to govern themselves

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league of nations and the purpose

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prevent future wars, international peace keeping organization

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4 results of ww1
1) death toll 2)russians became communists 3) 4 major empires collapsed (russia, ottoman, A.H, germany) 4) usa becomes wowrld power
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Central powers
Germany, A.H, ottoman turks
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allied powers
russia, france great britain, and later the u.s
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turning point of the war
america joins the war
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armistice
agreement to stop fighting
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mobilization
countries begin preparing for war
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belligerent
warring sides
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propaganda
info used to influence public opinion
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U-boats
submarine "usserwasser boots"
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war of attrition
wear the other side out
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huns
germans
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doughboys
americans
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tommys
great britain
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frogies
french
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spanish flu
spanish influenza (killed millions)
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isolationism
stay of out european affairs
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suicide club
"pistols" life expectancy was 2 weeks (at the front)
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no mans land
area between the trenches
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lusitania
british luxury liner that sank
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franz ferdinand
archduke of austria-hungary
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czar nicholas II
abdicates the thrown in march, family killed in july (russia)
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manfred con richtofen
red baron, greatest ace
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vladimir lenin
promised peasants to take them out of the war and land if they support him
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king George V
king of England who surrenders
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great war
war to end wars
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bolshevik revolution
russian revolution
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kaiser wilhelm
king of germany who abdicates the thrown
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franz joseph
king of austria-hungary
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aurthur zimmerman
promised mexico to help them get their land back from the USA if they joined as an ally
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eddie rickenbacker
top American ace from columbus ohio (26 kills)
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john pershing
in charge if the american expeditionary force

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