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HIST 102 - WWI
History 102 Final (Kevin Birch) WWI
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12/13/2012

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Great Britain
Definition
Fiji, Cyprus, South Africa, Lands of the Zulu, Parts of China, Suez Canal, India, "Empress of India"
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US
Definition
Hawaiian and other Pacific Islands, Philippines, Puerto Rico
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1871
Definition
Italy and Germany became modern nations
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Spheres of influence
Definition
places that remained independent but were forced to do business with "mother country
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Motives
Definition
economics, new outposts supplied raw materials, spheres of influence, population pressure, Social Darwinism, Missionary activity
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Pan-German League
Definition
organization to get Germans to work for a stronger, better German nation
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H.S. Chamberlain
Definition
"Foundations of the 19th Century"...thought Jewish culture degraded society
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Technology
Definition
planes, trenches, gas, automatic weapons, communication, tanks, artillery, submarine warfare, timed fuses, lead balls instead of shrapnell
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biggest killer
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disease
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war started with
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assassination of french guy (1914)
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Russians pulled out
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1917
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Sunday 6/28/1914
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Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand (of Austria)
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July 29
Definition
Germany demanded immediate cessation of Russian troops
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August 2
Definition
Germany delivered ultimatum to Belgium demanding passage through Belgium. Belgium said no.
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Triple Alliance (Central powers)
Definition
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
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Triple Entente (Allies)
Definition
France, Russia, England, Italy
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The Schlieffen Plan
Definition
go through Belgium, take Paris, defeat French, then take Russia
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Lusitania 1915
Definition
submarine destroyed ship. dirty warfare
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Current US President
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Woodrow Wilson
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April 6, 1917
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US entered WWI
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The Committee on Public Information
Definition
tried to indoctrinate people and gain their sympathies for the war through propaganda
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Liberty bonds
Definition
war bonds
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Sedition Act
Definition
law made it illegal to criticize the war
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John Pershing
Definition
in charge of military operations
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Battle of the Marne
Definition
last great stand of alliance
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November 11, 1918
Definition
Armistice Day (Peace treaties)
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Treaty of Versailles
Definition
particular treaty with Germany, limited size of Germany's military, blamed Germany for everything
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Fourteen Points
Definition
Wilson's plan: League of Nations, Neutrality of the Seas, Self-determination
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Three big dynasties came to an end
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Hapsburgs (Austria)
Romanovs (Russia)
Hohenzollenrs (Germany)
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Wilson (Paris Peace Conference)
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USA
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George (Paris Peace Conference)
Definition
France
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Clemanceau (Paris Peace Conference)
Definition
Britain
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Orland (Paris Peace Conference)
Definition
Italy
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Countries created as a result of the war
Definition
Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine
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The War guilt Clause
Definition
Germany had to admit that the war was their fault
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Hindenburg
Definition
became very popular
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Ketter Kaddich, Otto Dicks, George Gross
Definition
new kind of artists who criticized the war rather than making it look heroic
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all fought in WWI
Definition
Middle East, Pacific Theater, Europe
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German-held territories in the Pacific
Definition
Samoa, New Guinea, Micronesia, Marianas, Carolines, Marshall Islands, Tsingtao
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Japan in WWI
Definition
fought alongside Britain, kept land
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The Ottoman Empire
Definition
on Germany's side, lost, empire destroyed
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Enver Pasha
Definition
War minister for the Ottoman Empire
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1913
Definition
Secret treaty with Germany
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1915-1916
Definition
Armenian Genocide
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Two-state solution
Definition
early, future, modern distribution of Palestine
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Nicholas II
Definition
Czar at beginning of the war
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1916
Definition
Rasputin assassinated
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Czarevich
Definition
Nicholas' son
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1917 Strike in Petrograd
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start of revolution
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Duma
Definition
parliament
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Lvov
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provisional leader
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Kerenski
Definition
succeeded Lvov
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Lenin
Definition
Leader of the Bolsheviks
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Definition
Russia leaves the war
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Menshevicks
Definition
Moderates who lost out
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Communists
Definition
The Bolshevicks renamed themselves communists
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Democratic Centralism
Definition
Power in the hands of a few
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New Economic Policy
Definition
Nationalization of industries and agriculture
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1924
Definition
Lenin died
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Trotsky
Definition
export the revolution
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Karl Marx
Definition
1848 0 The Communist Manafesto
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Mussolini
Definition
"he made the trains run on time"
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1871
Definition
Italy became a modern nation
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Reichstag
Definition
German Parliament
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1933 Enabling Act
Definition
Allowed Reichstag to pass legislation contrary to constitution
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Appeasement
Definition
Idea that the Europeans would do anything to avoid another war
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1938 - Anschluss
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Annexation of Austria
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Pact of Steel
Definition
Germany and Italy - mutual defense agreement
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Non-agression Pact
Definition
Russia would get to divide Poland with Germany
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1939
Definition
Germany invaded Poland, WWII began
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MEFO
Definition
Promissory notes
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Principal causes of war
Definition
Injustice of Versailles treaty, Ruthlessness of the dictators, Desire for peace by the West, Appeasement policy
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Dunkirk
Definition
Nazis swept through Belgium, attacked France, took it
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Mistake #1
Definition
No followup to Dunkirk
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Operation Sea Lion
Definition
Germany's plan to invade England
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Battle of Britain
Definition
German attempt to establish air superiority over Britain
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Mistake #2
Definition
Invasion of Russia
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December 7, 1941
Definition
Pearl Harbor attack
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Operation Overlord
Definition
Invasion of Normandy, D-Day
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Battle of the Bulge
Definition
December 1944 - January 1945, last major German offensive
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J. Goebbels
Definition
Hitler's right-hand man
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May 9, 1945
Definition
V-E Day
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Manhattan project
Definition
atomic bomb
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Places bombed
Definition
Hiroshima, Nagasaki
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Dropped 2
Definition
to show that there were more than 1
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September 2, 1945
Definition
V-J day
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