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| Treaty of Versailles | the most important treaty of the Peace of Paris which spelled out the details of the Allied settlement with Germany after WWI |
| Archduke Francis Ferdinand | heir to the emperor of Austria-Hungary who was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist |
| Vladimir Lenin | leader of the Bolsheviks who ended Russian involvement in WWI and established a communist state in Russia |
| Joseph Stalin | Lenin’s successor who ruled the Soviet union from the mid 1920’s until 1953, establishing a brutal dictatorship |
| Woodrow Wilson | President of the US during WWI who proposed the 14 Points |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | German emperor during World War I |
| militarism | national policy based on military strength and glorification of war |
| Tsar Nicholas II | Romanov ruler who was forced to abdicate during the March Revolution |
| Bolshevik Revolution | the overthrow of the provisional government of Russia by the Reds, with Lenin seizing power |
| alliance systems | defense agreements among nations |
| nationalism | pride in one’s own nation or group and its traditions; desire for independence from outside rule |
| imperialism | policy of building an empire to extend a nation’s power and territory |
| conscription | compulsory call of civilians to military service; the draft |
| mobilization | act of assembling and preparing troops and equipment for war |
| propaganda | news and information intended to influence people’s feelings about a cause |
| rationing | Limiting the amount of goods available for purchase during war time. |
| Triple Entente | Military alliance between France, Russia, and Great Britian. |
| Triple Alliance | Military Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. |
| Schlieffen Plan | German Militry strategy to attack France first. |
| Eastern Front | Battlefields along the Germany - Russia border |
| Western Front | Region in Northern France were the Allies and Central powers fought. |
| armistice | agreement to stop fighting |
| David Lloyd George | British Prime Minister during WWI |
