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armistice

an agreement to stop fighting

Bismarck

he was the German chancellor who forged several alliances before he was forced to resign

Clemenceau

he was the leader of France and one of the big four at the Paris peace conference

Schlieffen plan

Germanys military plan on the onset of WWI, where they would rapidly defeat France and then move on to Russia

Woodrow Wilson

he was the leader of the US and one of the big four

Gandhi

he was a political leader in India that believed that if the Indians volunteered in WWI it would lead to their independence

reparations

money paid by a defeated nation to compensate for damage or injury during a war

self determination

the freedom of a people to decide under what form of government they wish to live

George

leader of great Britain and one of the big four

fourteen points

a series of proposals in which US president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a last peace in WWI

Western front

in WWI, the region of northern France where the forces of the allies and central powers battled each other

Orlando

leader of Italy and was one of the big four

treaty of Versailles

the peace treaty signed by Germany and the allied powers after WWI

eastern front

in WWI the region along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans,Austrians and Turks

Princip

he was a member of the Black Hand and he assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Lenin

he was the leader of the Communist Revolution that takes place in Russia

militarism

a policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war

trench warfare

a form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield

Unrestricted submarine warfare

the use of submarines to sink without warning any ship found in an enemy’s waters

propaganda

information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponents cause

rationing

the limiting of the amount of goods people can buy-often imposed by governments during war time

Lawrence of Arabia

British soldier devoted to the Arab cause and he led gurrilla raids against the Turks

Wilhelm ii

he was the German leader who let the German treaty with Russia lapse

total war

a conflict in which the participating countries devote all of their resources to the war effort

why did the US enter WWI?

Submarine warfare and the zimmerman note

what 3 countries make up the triple alliance

Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

i didn’t get what she said but you also have to know that great Britain, France and Russia were together

why did allies want dardnel straight

it was a supply line to russia