Unit 6 - World War 1

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

This was the spark that started World War I. Archduke Ferdinand, the Austrian crown prince, was murdered on June 28, 1914, by a Serbian nationalist while visiting Sarajevo, Bosnia. Germany urged Austria

Woodrow Wilson

This was the president who was elected in 1912, and led the US into WWI. Later wrote a plan for post

Austria

Hungary

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Nationalism

This cause of World War I was based on an intense pride in one's nation.

Wilson's Fourteen Points

This is the plan for post

Zimmerman Telegram

This intercepted note from the German foreign minister to the Mexican government offered, territories in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico for Mexico. The note also confirmed the new policy of unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany against the Allied Powers. This helped turn Americans against Germany in WWI.

Lusitania

This British passenger ship was sunk by German U

Trench Warfare

This style of warfare was common in WWI, due to the invention of the machine gun and heavy artillery. It included digging long trenches, separated by barbed wire and a no mans land.

Armistice, 1918

This was the agreement between the Allies and Central Powers that ended the fighting after WWI. It began at 11/11/1918 at 11:11 am. This marked a victory for the Allies and stated that the Central Powers lost. Germans would later look at this as "the stab in the back."

Reparations

This term refers to the payments and transfers of property that Germany was required to make under the treaty of Versailles.

League of Nations

This intergovernmental organization lasted from 1919

Imperialism

This cause of World War II resulted from the competition among European nations for colonies in Africa and Asia from 1880

Alliances

This was a major cause of WWI. Two major alliances formed the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria, Italy) and the Triple Entente (France, England, Russia). This alliance system made world war likely, by drawing all countries into a small war.

Triple Alliance

This alliance was made Germany, Austria

Triple Entente

This alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia in the years before WWI. IN BLUE ABOVE

Central Powers

This was a major alliance at the 'center' of Europe during World War I, made up of Germany, Austria

Allied Powers

This was a major alliance during World War I made up of Britain, France, Russia, and the United States. It was known as the Triple Entente (a French word) before the war.

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

A policy that the Germans announced on January 1917 which stated that their submarines would sink any ship in the British waters. Resulted in entry of the US into World War I.

Militarism

This cause of World War I was a policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war.

Treaty of Versailles

Treaty which ended World War I that included large reparations from Germany, the formation of the League of Nations, and the mandate system.

Mustard Gas

a new invention in WWI

tank

An enclosed armored military vehicle used by British in WWI. Helped end the war.

Gallipoli Campaign

This was a British military attack in 1915 during World War I against the Ottoman Empire at Dardanelles', to bring supplies to Russia. The mission failed with high casualties by the British

Lenin

Founded the Communist Party in Russia and set up the world's first Communist Party dictatorship. He led the October Revolution of 1917, in which the Communists seized power in Russia. He then ruled the country until his death in 1924.

Russian Revolution

The revolution against the Tsarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917.

Marxism

Emerged as the most famous socialist belief system during the 19th century. Saw all of history as the story of class struggle.

Propaganda

Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.

Powder Keg of Europe

The Balkans; they had a long history of nationalist uprisings and ethnic clashes.

Schlieffen Plan (1914)

led to Britain declaring war on Germany in 1914

War of Attrition

A war where one side does not have to defeat the enemy, they just have to outlast them.

Bolsheviks

A group of revolutionary Russian Marxists who took control of Russia's government in November 1917