| A | B |
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| who was the man that was assasinated, that started ww1? | Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| What were the years of WWI? | 1914-1918 |
| the Black Hand | a society of slavic extremists |
| causes | Rivalry of the Great Powers, Nationalism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Militarism |
| Bismarck | Prussia's chancellor, tried to unify Germany |
| The Dual Alliance | first alliance made, between Germany and Autria-Hungary by Bismarck |
| Triple Alliance | Italy joined Aus-Hung and Germany |
| Kaiser William II | forced Bismarck to resign, let treaty w/ Russia lapse, let France and Russia join, then challenged Britain by competing, GB joined w/ France, then w/ Russia and France |
| Triple Entete | France, GB, Russia |
| First Moves of the War | AH declared war on Serbs w/ German support, Russians backed Serbs, Germany declared war on Russia, than France |
| Why did GB declare war on Germany? | because it marched through Belgium w/out permission, and Belgium had been garunteed neutrality |
| Central Powers | A-H, Germany, Turkey |
| Allies | France, GB, Russia, Italy |
| élan | spirit, French battle tactic |
| the Schlieffen plan | germain military plan calling for fast attack on france while russia slowly prepared |
| battle @ the marne | battle that signified downfall for germany, end of schlieffen plan |
| new weapons | automatic machine gun, poisonous gas, the tank |
| new inventions | airplanes, submarines or "untersees" |
| how did the role of civilians change? | regular civilians, not professionals were drafted into war |
| how did the role of women change? | they took over mens jobs, people began to see that they were capable |
| how did the role of government change? | it dominated economy - told companies what to produce and when |
| how did the role of propaganda change? | the government dominated the news b/c thought honesty might turn voters against the war |
| unrestricted submarine warfare | germany promised to sink any ship near britain |
| why did the US join? | unrestricted submarine warfare even after warnings, britain intercepted a telegram stating germany would hepl mexico gain land back from teh us |
| first 5 general goals of the 14 pts | ending secret treaties, freedom of the seas, removing economic barriers to trade, reducing size of national armies and navies, adjusting colonial claims w/ fairness towards ppl |
| annex | to take over |
| entente | friendly understandings |
| militarism | the glorification of armed strength |
| moblize | to get army in position for war |
| neutrality | policy of not supporting either side |
| agressor | a person or nation that initiates an unprovoked attack |
| ultimatum | a set of demands |
| total war | countries putting all their resources in the war effort |
| propaganda | one-sided info that aims to convince ppl of a certain pt of view |
| convoys | large, specially equipped fleets designed to guard merchant ships |
| rationing | a system limiting the amount of goods people can buy during a time of shortage |
| abdicate | to give up ones throne |
| armistice | an agreement to stop fighting |
| self-determination | allowing ppl to decide for themselves under what gov't they want to be ruled |
| mandate | a territory that was administerd on behald of the leauge |
| reparations | money to compensate for the enormous costs of war |
| final treaty main pts | germany forced to pay reparations, lose colonies, return formerly occupoed territories in europe, eliminate military, admit full guilt |
