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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
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