Road to WWI
Members of the Triple Alliance
What are Italy, Germany, Austria Hungary
Describe Trench Warfare, where found, and No-Man's Land
What is fighting from ditches protected by barbed wire; fighting in dugouts in the ground; Western Front, and the space in between two enemy trenches that is dangerous
Leader of the Bolsheviks; believed in a violent revolution to overthrow capitalism
Who is Vladimir Lenin
Palace where the Paris Peace Conferences were held
What is the Palace at Versailles
These two factors of Russia set off the Russian Revolution
What are bad military and bad economy
Members of the Triple Entente
What are Great Britain, Russia, France
What made Trench Warfare such a defensive strategy?
What is difficulty taking enemy's land (fighting the offensive) since the defensive has such great advantages (weapons and ground); no one wants to run through No Man's Land to try to advance since it is dangerous; thus causing stalemate
Who is Aleksandr Kerensky
Leader of Provisional Government in Russia, made mistake of keeping Russia in WWI
What is the League of Nations (although the United States never joined it)
Describe Total War
What is using all resources, industry, and people in support of the war effort
Information used to sway public opinion for or against a cause
What is propaganda
Reason for US entry into WWI
What is unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Note
Lenin was inspired by this historical person's beliefs
Who is Karl Marx
Treaty of Versailles and War Guilt Clause
What is it ended WWI and blamed Germany for starting the war
Reparation
What is payment made to the victors to cover cost of war
Describe The Schlieffen Plan
What is Germany's plan for a two front war with France and Russia, not successful
The process of assembling troops and making them ready for war
What is Mobilization
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
What is ended Russian involvement in WWI
Name 1 of the 3 Leaders present at the Paris Peace Conference
Who is Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, and Georges Clemenceau
During the Russian Civil War, this secret police was used to help keep the communist in power
What is the Red Terror
These are the four causes to WWI
What is Imperialism (European nations conflicting over competition) Militarism (One country's buildup of arms inspires others to do so) Alliances (Once your ally enters a conflict, so do you) and Nationalism (Slavs wanted their own nation and Russia backing them up,one country superior to others, so it should take over
Describe War of attrition
What is wearing down the other side with constant attacks until they give up; exhausting the otherside through force
The women workers protests for lower bread prices (and the soliders supporting them) caused this to occur
What is the resignation of Czar Nicholas II
Name a punishment forced upon Germany at the Paris Peace Conference
Give up german colonies, return the Alsace and Lorraine, Rhineland becomes an occupied zone, reduce German military. Pay $33 Billion in reparations
This was the Russian Commissar of War, made Communist (Red) army well discipline. (Snowball)
Who is Leon Trotsky