WW1 Vocab Terms

Question 1

Long term cuases of WW1

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militarism
alliance system
imperialism
nationalism

Question 2

the building up of armed forces to use as a tool of diplomacy can lead to an arms race caused tension among the major European powers leading up to WW1

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MIlitarism

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groups of european countries joined together in mutual defense agreements this caused tension between the major European powers, Triple Alliance and Triple Entante

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System of alliance

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the major European powers were in a contest for colonies and territory all over the world before WW1the competition led to growing tensions

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Imperialism

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when a country does what it beleives is best for itself this sometimes causes tenision with other countries because all countries tend to act for themselves

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Nationalism

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an agreement that if any country in the agreement is attacked all members of the agreement will help the country that was attacked

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Mutual defense Agreement

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Triple alliance

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Germany, Austria-Hungray, Itialy

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Triple Entante

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France, Russia, Great britian

Question 9

the heir to the Austro Hungarian throne he was assassinated and caused the short term cause of WW1

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Archduke Ferdinand

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the Austro-Hungarian emperor at the beggining of WW1

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Franz Josef

Question 11

a serbian nationalist
organization in Bosnia their members conspired to assassinate Archduke Ferdinand

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Black Hand

Question 12

the young Serbain nationalist who assassinated Archduke Ferdinand

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Gavrilo Princip

Question 13

germanys plan to quickly win a two front war against both france and russia the plan involded sending almost all of germanys troops into france to caprture paris, this assumed britian would not enter the war and germany could win a war in 6 weeks

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Schlieffen Plan

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a group of counties during WW1, Great Britian, france, Russia, Itialy, and the US

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Allies

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the group that fought against the Allies was made up of germany, Austria-Hungary ottoman Empire and Bulgaria

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Central powers

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this type of warfare was caused by the widespread use of machine guns that led to stalemates with two trenches of opposing sides with no mans land in between

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Trench warfare

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the Emperor of Russia during WW1 he was forced to abdicate power as a result of the First Russian revolution

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Czar Nicholas II

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the emperor of germany during WW1 he was the main force pushing austria-hungary to go to war with serbia he abdicated and fled before the war ended

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Kaiser Wilhelm II

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leader of the 1st russian revolution he became the provisional leader of russia after czar nicholsas II abdicated, he kept russia in the allied powers

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alexander kerensky

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the leader of the bishevirk party he led the 2nd russian ussian revolution, became the leader of russia and pulled them out of WW1

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Vadimir Lenin

Question 21

a diplomatic note sent to germany by mexico in jan. 1917 asking to become alllies this dragged the US into the war

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ZImmerman Telegram

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the treaty where russia dropped out of the war all territory gained went to germany and Austria Hungary

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treaty of Brest-Litovsk

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germanys poloicy and practice of using submarienes to sink any ships giving aid the their enemies: main reason us entered the war

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Unrestricted Submariene Warfare

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German submarienes in WW1 and WW2

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U-Boat

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germans promise to warn unrmed ships giving crews time to board life rafts and row to safety before sinking their ships

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Sussex PLedge

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french feild marshal and supreme commander of all allied forces on the western front

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Ferdinand Foch

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Amercian general and leader of the Amercian Expiditionary Force

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John j pershing

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cease fire, The WW1 armistice took place at 11;00 am on 11/11/18

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Armistice

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the treaty that formally ended WW1 it destroyed 4 empires and redrew boundaries of europe and the middle east and set up WW2

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treaty of versailles

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Big 4

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1. us- Woodrow Wilson
2. great britian- David lloyd-george
3. france- georges clemenceau
4. Itialy- vittorio orlando

Question 31

Payment forwar damages germany was forced to pay $33 billion to great britian and france after WW1 this devasted germany

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reparations

Question 32

the versailes treaty forced germany to accept all blame for causing WW1 this created resentment in the german people

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war guilt cause

Question 33

wilsons plan for post war peace this was an attempt to avoid future wars by adressing the causes of WW1

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Fourteen points

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international organization whose goal was to peacefully work out disputes in order to avoid war

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leauge of nations

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republican senators who opposed the treaty of versailies and the leauge of nations and would not vote for either under any circumstances

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Irreconcilables

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republican senators who opposed the treaty of versailies and the leauge of nations as proposed by wilson but who would have voted for both if certian changes where made

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reservationsists

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the movement of large numbers of Africian amercains from the south to the nourth to escape racisim and to get higher paying jobs

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great migration

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the USsupreme court ruled that freedom of speech can be limited if that speech creates a “clear and present danger” to people or property: Schenk was a socialist who had been jailed for opposing US involvement in WW1

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Schenk v. US