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American History
CH 18 WWI
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11th Grade
02/27/2012

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country (dual monarchy) had many nationalistic Slavic groups
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Austria-Hungary
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"Have Not" nations
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Germany & Italy few colonies
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"Have" Nations
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France & Great Britain (England) massive empires
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source of the French-German border dispute
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Alsace-Lorraine
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Russia's Goal Before war
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wanted ice-free or water harbors in the Baltic Sea and access for Russian warships from the Black Sea into the Mediterranean
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Russia Threatened...
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Turkey & Germany
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sought to bring together all Slavic people of central and Eastern Europe under Russian Control
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Pan Slavism
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Triple Alliance (created by Bismark)
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
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Triple Entente
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Great Britain (England), France & Russia (Bismark driving force)
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Bismark's greatest fear
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never wanted Germany to be in a two-front war
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event sparked WWI
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Gavrilo Princip shooting Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo; Emperor Franz Joseph placed harsh demands on Serbia; German have Austria-Hungary "Blank Check"
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Major Allies
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Italy, Japan, Belgium, France, Great Britain (England), & Russia
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Central Powers
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, The Ottoman Empire (Turkey), & Bulgaria
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German Plan to Win The War
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attack France first through neutral Belgium b/c they're a big power then attack weakest power- Russia
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Why did the German plan to win the war fail?
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Belgium army resisted
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both sides dug elaborate systems divided by neutral "no man's land"
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Trench Warfare
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Major Fronts
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Western- Germany vs. France/Great Britain/ Belgium
Eastern- Germany vs. Russia
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New Weapons
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poison gases, (gas mask), machine guns, flame throwers (Germany), & tanks (late)
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"Red Baron"
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Manfred von Richthofen (Germany)
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"Aces"
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pilot who shot down at least 5 planes
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Famous "Aces"
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include Bishop (GB/England), Richenbacker (US), & Manfred von Richthofen (Germany)
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Planes first used for ______, later _______ (dog fights)
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observation; armed
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Germany Mining and blockading North Sea, German surface fleet trapped on Baltic
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England denied Rights of Neutrals
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why did England deny Rights of Neutrals?
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to cut off the supply lines of England
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used by Germany so they can go under the blockade and sink ships with torpedo's
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U-Boats, submarines
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group of U-Boats
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"Wolf Pack"
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Tannenberg?
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Central Power
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1st Marne?
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Allies
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Gallipoli?
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Central Power
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Jutland?
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Allies
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Verdun?
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Allies
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Somme?
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Allies
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Cambrai?
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Central Power
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Caporetto?
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Central Power
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2nd Marne?
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Allies
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Amiens?
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Allies
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Germany (Von Hiddenberg) defeats Russia (Samsonov & Rennenkampf)
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Tannenberg
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France (Joffre) defeats Germany (Von Klux & Von Moltke)
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1st Marne
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Turkey (Kemal) & Germany (Von Sanders) defeats GB (Hamilton & Monroe)
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Gallipoli
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(Naval Fight) GB (Adm Jellicoe & Beatty) defeats Germany (Adm Scheer & Von Hipper)
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Jutland
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France (Nivelle) defeats Germany (Von Falkenhayn)
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Verdun
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GB (Rawlinson) defeats Germany (Von Below & Von Armin)
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Somme
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Germany (Von der Marwitz) defeats GB (Byng)
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Cambrai
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Germany (Von Below) defeats Italy (Cardorna)
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Caporetto
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France (Foch-Supreme Commander) defeats Germany (Ledendorff)
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Marne
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France (Debeny) & GB (Haig) defeats Germany (Von Hutier)
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Amiens
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A U-boat off the Irish coast torpedoed the British passenger liner- 1,198 people (128 Americans) (British Ship) were carrying war goods
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Lusitania
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(Another British liner) German submarine sank it
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Arabic
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French passenger vessel was attacked by Germans
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The Sussex
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a renewal of an earlier promise not to sink liners without warning or without assuring the passenger's safety
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Sussex Pledge
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Wilson's 1916 Slogan (democrat)
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"He kept us out of war"
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Wilson defeated...
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Charles Evans Hughes (republican)
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increased under national defense act
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army
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increased under Three Year Naval Program
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navy
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2 major reasons US entered war
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1. unrestricted German warfare
2. Zimmerman note
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if the US attacks Germany then Mexico should attack the US
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Zimmerman Note
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Germany began unrestricted sub-marine warfare again for...
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wanton and wholesale destruction
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Wilson very idealistic- war to end all wars quote; Wilson set prices of food and fuel
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"Make the world safe for Democracy"
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regulate business, eliminate waste & non-essential goods
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War Industries Board
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operated all RR- reorganize lines, control rates & wages
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Railroad Administration
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Arbitrate disputes b/w words & employers
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National War Labor Board
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act couldn't wire/ talk against Government/ agencies
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Sedition Act
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by signing Treaty of Brest- Litovsk with the Central Powers in March 1918, leaving the Central Powers free to mass their forces on western front
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Bolshevik Revolution changed the war
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led Bolshevik Revolution
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Czar Nicolas II- overthrown Lenin- Russia surrender Brest Litousk- Communist Party (Bolshevik)
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US Navy under ______ helped Allied war effort by using _______ & helped patrol_______
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Admiral Sims; Convoy System; North Sea
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AEF
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American Expeditionary Forces- First US army in Europe
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Led AEF
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General John J. Pershing
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early AEF action
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Belleau Woods under Bundy & Harboard
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German advance on Paris turned into a major defeat because...
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Allies stop attack, counter attack, Germany morale collapsed
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Kaiser Wilhem II flees to...
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Nethernalnds
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Germany surrendered...
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11/11/18 at 11 in the morning (November 1918)
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Major Armistice Terms
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1. Germany had to evacuate France, Belgium, Luxembourg, & Alsace-Lorraine
2. Germany had to surrender enormous amount of war materials, much of navy, all U-Boats
3. Allies occupied land along Rhine
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Wilson's plan for peace (self-determination, freedom of seas & trade, & creation of a League of Nations)
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Fourteen Points
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European nations created by self-determination
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Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, & Poland
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"Big Four"
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US- Wilson
Italy- Orlando
England- George
France- Clemenceau
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major provisions of Treaty of Versailles
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-Germany had to accept war guilt
-Lost colonies- Africa & Asia (lost all colonies)
-Germany had to pay $15 billion in reparations
-create League of Nations- designed to keep world peace
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Why didn't US join League of Nations
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Senate refused
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What happened to Wilson?
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suffered a stroke and left paralyzed
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