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Chapter 17
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03/03/2009

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"place in the sun"
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what the German people wanted; they wanted some kind of acknowledged supremacy
thought it was time for their place in the sun
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Triple Alliance
Definition
alliance between germany, austro hungary, and italy until the first world war; terms were that if any member became involved in a war w/ two or more powers the allies would come to aaid
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"splendid isolation"
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britains idea of themselves as heading their own way
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Triple Entente
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france, russia, britain the ties were looser because britain refused to make any formal military commitments
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Union Of Death
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serbian secret society responsible for killing archduke frances ferdinand
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Black Hand
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group to which Gavrilo Princip belonged; the group responsible for assasination (sarajevo crisis)
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Sarajevo
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Bosnian capital in the austrian empire where francis ferdinand was shot
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blank check
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William II of Germany told austro-hungary they would do whatever they could to help them deal with serbia
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Edward Grey
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english foreign secretary; said only parliament could declare war
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William II
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last german emperor
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Central Powers
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germany, austria-hungary,turkey, bulgaria
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Allies
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france, russia, gb, us, italy
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schlieffen plan
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german war plan to first defeat france by a rapid wheeling motion of a tremendous army through belgium, and then turn against russia
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Marne (battle)
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fought from 9/5 - 9/17, caused the germans to retreat, failed to win control of the Channel ports
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Tannenburg
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successful battle for germans in which 225,000 russians were captured
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Gallipoli
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british/french placed 450,000 men on this peninsula, half were injured or worse (attack on turkey)
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Somme
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also known as the Somme Offensive, fought from July to November 1916, was among the largest battles of the First World War. With more than 1.5 million casualties, it is also one of the bloodiest military operations recorded. The Allied forces attempted to break through the German lines along a 12-mile (19 km) front north and south of the River Somme in northern France. One purpose of the battle was to draw German forces away from the Battle of Verdun; however, by its end, the losses on the Somme had exceeded those at Verdun. By the end of the war, the Allied losses proved replaceable, the German losses less so.
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Verdun
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The Battle of Verdun was one of the most critical battles in World War I on the Western Front. It was fought between the German and French armies, from 21 February to 15 December 1916, on hilly terrain north of the city of Verdun-sur-Meuse in northeastern France. The Battle of Verdun ended with a French victory as the German assailants failed to capture Verdun and were pushed back close to their initial starting lines, on the right bank of the Meuse river, by December 1916. They also lost, in August 1917, what was left of their 1916 advances on the left bank of the Meuse river.[1]
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contraband
Definition
specified raw materials which might be used in the manufacture of military equipment
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noncontraband
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foods/raw cotton
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Lusitania
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torpedoed off irish coast, 1200 people drowned (british ship) carried a lot of war materials made in the us for allied use. Germans stopped using submarines for two years
IN !915
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Jutland
Definition
naval battle of WWI set near denmark, germans wanted to lure in some of english ships
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zimmerman telegram
Definition
wrote by german ambaasssador to another saying that if us seemed likely to enter war, to allie with mexico and promise them texas arizona and new mexico and to urge allying with japan as well
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Zianists
Definition
wanted a jewish state in palestine
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"jewish homeland"
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britain promised to support jewish homeland in palestine
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woodrow wilson
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wanted to be neutral in WWI until german pushed them to join; eventually joined the allied side
wanted to keep things safe for democracy
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Nicholas II
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abdicated on march 15 after duma pressed for reform
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provisional government
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made up of liberal noblemen and middle class leaders; created after nicholas ii abdicated
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V.I. Lenin
Definition
principal spokesman of the bolsheviks; russian revolutionary; communist leader
created a secret police
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Petrograd
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renamed during the war from St. Petersburg
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Bolsheviks
Definition
founded by lenin
took power in 1917 and started the Soviet Union
revoultionaries that considered themselves the revolutionary proleterat
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Definition
bolsheviks had to acknowledge the indepence of poland, the ukraine, finland, nd the baltic provinces
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Ferdinand Foch
Definition
commander in cheif of all allied forces in france, first unity of command
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Pershing
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national commander for americans; aubordinate to foch
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Argonne
Definition
final allied offensive, led to german surrdering
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Reichstag
Definition
parliament in german empire
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Ludendorff
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general, advocaated unrestricted submarine warfaare to break english blockade
often wanted to end the war
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Weimar Republic
Definition
rose after the german people surrendered and the german empire fell
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planned economy
Definition
first applied in WWI, state attempted to direct all the wealth, resources, and moral purposes of society
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rationalization
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coordination of production in the interests of the country as a whole
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conscription
Definition
systematic labor in germany
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war socialism
Definition
governments became more thorough and efficient
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profiteers
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unfairly benefits from selling war weapons or goods
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Treaty of Versailles
Definition
ended state of war between germany and the allied powers; policies made to deleberately cripple germany militarily politically and economically
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fourteen points
Definition
by woodrow wilson
demanded an end to secret treaties
freedom of the seas
removal of barriers
reduction of ornaments by all powers
colonial readdjustments
evacuation of occupied territories
self determination of nationalities
redrawing of european boundaries
an international political organization to prevent war
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big four
Definition
wilson. lloyd george, clemenceau, orlando
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League of Nations
Definition
permanent int'l body in which all nations should meet and settle disputes
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Anglo-French-Am Treaty
Definition
signed at paris, trimmmed german borders, france obtained control over saar mines for 15 years and got back alsace and lorraine
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war guilt clause
Definition
germany accepted responsibility for all loss and damages resulting from the war imposed upon the allies
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hall of mirrors
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where the treaty of versailles was signed
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cordon sanitare
Definition
name for the belt of states from finland to romania
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