hist final pt 1

assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

what was the immediate cause of WW1 in Sarajevo

treaties and alliances like the triple entity and triple alliance

what helped lead to WW1

nationalism

what was the key political movement that triggered WW1

Germanys “Blank check”

what encouraged Austria to attack Serbia knowing
Germany would back her up no matter what

Germany’s WWI plan to quickly defeat France by invading through Belgium, then fight Russia.

what was schlieffens plan

because it sought pan-Slavic unification, which Russia supported, while Austria-Hungary opposed it to maintain control over its Slavic populations.

Why was Serbia central to tensions between Russia and Austria-Hungary before WWI?

to protect the balance of power threatened by Germany’s invasion
of neutral Belgium

why did britain enter WW1

august madness

period where everyone was excited and believed WW1 would be a quick victory

trench warfare

long periods of boredom, then deadly artillery barrages and frontal
assaults. Trenches became filthy, rat-infested, disease-ridden places full of body parts and
putrid water

by Germany on Allied troops in 1915 at the Battle of Ypres

who, when, and where was poison gas (chlorine) first used

Ottoman turks joining WW1 on Germanys side

what led to the battle at Gallipoli with the ANZACs

stalemate (neither side can gain an advantage or make significant progress) on the western front

what worsened conditions of the trenches

The belief that attacking would bring victory, even though trench warfare favored defense. It led to repeated failed offensives and millions of deaths crossing No Man’s Land.

What was the Cult of the Offensive, and why did it fail in WWI?

strike in Petrograd, heavy wartime casualties, Tsar
Nicholas’ incompetence, and the influence of Rasputin

what factors aided in the fall of Tsar in Russia

Vladimir l. Lenin

the leader of the Bolsheviks promised “peace, land, bread

The mass killing of around 1 million Christian Armenians by the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) at the end of WWI

what was the armenian genocide during and after WW1

league of nations

established by Britain, France, USA (USA never did join due to isolationism)

treaty of versailles

what demanded that Germany take the blame for the war and pay reparations

France seized the Ruhr Valley; Germans resisted by striking, and the government printed money to pay debts—causing massive hyperinflation.

What happened when Germany couldn’t pay WWI reparations?