Early Tensions
When did the Franco-Prussian war take place?
1870-1871
What are the four contributing factors to WWI?
–The Arms Race
–Imperialism
–Nationalism
–Entangled Alliances
What is nationalism?
a strong devotion to one’s country and/or culture
How many months did it take for the Paris Peace Conference to conclude the peace treaty?
6 months
What two developments changed the U.S.A.'s stance on isolationism during WWI?
Germany's use of unrestricted submarine warfare cutting off supply line between Great Britain and U.S.
The Zimmerman Telegram
What was France forced to do by losing the Franco-Prussian War?
Pay reparations
With Europe's desire for Imperialism, they saw gaining more land as gaining more...
wealth and resources
The Balkans were home to many ethnic groups, trying to break free of what empires?
Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empires
By the end of the war, both sides were deeply entrenched in what two countries?
Northern France and Belgium
What was point 14 in Wilson's 14 points?
Creation of League of Nations
Due to the hostility of the war, France taught their children what about the Franco-Prussian War?
To never forget their lost provinces
What countries made up the triple alliance?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
Throughout the 1800's what empire was Serbia fighting for independence from?
Ottoman Empire
In the Brest-Litovsk treaty, what percentage of coal mines did Russia surrender to Germany?
90%
What was the intention of the League of Nations
To ensure world peace
On the maps France provided their children, What color where their "lost" provinces?
Black
What countries made up the Triple Entente?
France, Russia, and
Great Britain
What empire opposed Serbian expansion strongly?
The Austria-Hungarian empire
The Brest-Litovsk treaty forced Russia to renounce all claims to what four areas?
Finland, the Baltic States, Belarus, and Ukraine
What two factors led German's to believe they had not lost the war?
Germany had not been invaded
and
Germany still held foreign territory when cease-fire was declared.
In 1905 Russian lost a humiliating war to which other country?
Japan
What was the fear of one nation attacking another, due to the alliances?
Triggering all of the other nations in said alliances to attack as well.
What empire was Franz Ferdinand the Archduke in?
Austria-Hungary
Why were the Bolshevik's okay with signing over so much in the Treaty?
They believed a Marxist world revolution of workers was imminent. Therefore, they felt these losses would be temporary and thus of little consequence.
What countries initially sat on the Supreme Council?
France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, and America