WWI Flashcards

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Nationalism

A

Trying to prove your country is the best

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Alliances

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  • Designed to maintain peace
  • 2 alliances
  • Central vs Allied powers
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3
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Imperialism

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Taking land from each other

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4
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Militarism

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  • Made lots of weapons
  • Ready for war
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5
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Central Powers

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  • Germany, Austria Hungary, Ottomons
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6
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Allied Powers

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  • France, Russia, Britain
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Trench Warfare

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  • A method used on both sides
  • no man’s land
  • ineffective
  • shoot run go
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8
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Zimmerman note

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  • German was told to send documents to Mexico to form a new alliance
  • Intercepted by British and America through cut line
  • Mexico didn’t want tot be involved
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9
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Lusitania

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  • Germany sunk American British passenger ship
  • Almost started the war (infuriated Americans)
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10
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Lenin

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  • After Russia left the war, he led the Bolsheviks up
  • Sign peace treaty with Central Powers
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Bolsheviks

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  • Communists that killed the czar
  • Took over the government
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12
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Russian Revolution

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  • Truth with Germany so they could focus on france
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13
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Schlieffen Plan

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  • Germanys plan to take over France in 6 weeks
  • French used trench warfare
  • Pushed Germany back
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14
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Treaty of Versailles

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  • Germany’s punishment for everything they did in WWI
  • Has to pay, reduce military, loose land, took blame
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15
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Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand

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  • Austrian leader
  • Shot by princep bc he wanted to free serbia
  • “shot that started the war”
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