World War One unit test

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the main causes of world war one (militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism)

central powers/ triple alliance

germany, Austria Hungary, and italy (Italy later switched sides)

allies / triple entente

great Britain, France, Russia, USA (joined later in the war when Russia left)

black hand / gavrilo princip

gavrilo princip was part of the Serbian nationalist group, the black hand, who assassinated Franz Ferdinand

Franz ferdinand

archduke of Austria Hungary whose assassination began WWI

schlieffen plan

germanys plan to defeat France quickly and then Russia, however this failed leading to a long war

trench warfare

france and Germany fighting in trenches leading to stalemates and many casualties

conscription

mandatory military service (drafted)

contraband

illegal goods sent to enemy nations during war

total war

when all a nations power economy and goods go towards the war

unrestricted submarine warfare

germany would sink any ship, including civilian ships

zimmerman telegram

secret telegram sent to Mexico from Germany asking them to attack the USA, however it was ultimately intercepted and decoded by Britain

lusitania

british passenger ship sunk by German torpedoes in 1915’s, killing British and American civilians

armistice

agreement to stop fighting on November 11th, 1918bl

oody sunday

massacre of Russian protesters leading to the be ginning of Russian Revolution

woodrow WIlison/14 points

he proposed 14 points to cause peace and prevent future warfare

self-determination

ideas that nations should choose their own government

paris peace conference (PPC)

meeting after world war one to decide peace terms

big four

woodrow Wilson, David Loyd George, george’s clemeceau, Vittorio orlando

treaty of versailles

treaty ending WWI punishing Germany harshly, making them pay resperations of 400 billion in todays money.

reparations

payments Germany had to make for war damage

war guilt cluase

germany had to accept full blame for the war