WW1 (SOL Review #3)

Causes of the Great Depression

German Reparations, Expansion of production capacities and dominance of the United States in global economy, Excessive expansion of Credit, and the Stock Market Crash of 1929.

Immediate Cause of the Great Depression

The Stock Market Crash of 1929.

Main Causes of WW1

Militarism, Alliance System, Imperialism, and Nationalism.

Triple Entente

Alliance comprising Great Britain, France, and Russia.

Triple Alliance

Alliance comprising Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.

Anglo-German Naval Race

Intense competition between Britain and Germany to build superior battleships.

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

The immediate cause triggering WW1.

Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm II

Emperor of Germany during WW1.

Georges Clemenceau

Prime Minister of France who wanted Germany to be harshly punished after WW1.

David Lloyd George

Prime Minister of Great Britain who wanted Germany to pay reparations post WW1.

John (BlackJack) Pershing

Commander of American Expeditionary Forces who insisted on independent U.S. forces.

Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points

Called for self-determination, peace, and no aggrandizement.

First Battle of Marne

Allied Forces stopped Germany's advance, leading to trench warfare on the western front.

Gallipoli Campaign

Allied amphibious assault aimed to weaken the Ottoman Empire.

Verdun

Germany’s attempt to 'Bleed France White', symbolizing French determination.

Somme

Allied counter-offensive against German lines, marking the first large-scale use of tanks by Britain.

Meuse-Argonne Offensive

Final Allied offensive led by American Forces, transforming the war into mobility warfare.

Machine Guns

Firearms that can shoot many bullets at once, making frontal attacks deadly.

Poison Gas

Chemical weapon used to injure, blind, or suffocate soldiers.

No Man's Land

Open area between opposing trenches in WW1.

American Genocide

Systematic killing and forced deportation of the American population by Ottoman Empire.

Armistice Day

November 11, 1918, when Germany agreed to an armistice ending WW1.

Paris Peace Conference

Meeting to negotiate peace and create a new world order after WW1, led by major powers.

Mandates

Territories placed under temporary control of a country by the League of Nations after WWI.

French Mandates

Syria and Lebanon after WWI.

British Mandates

Palestine, TransJordan, and Iraq after WWI.