Otto von Bismarck / Rise of Germany
Otto von Bismarck provoked a war with this country in 1870 as an excuse to unite the German states into one country.
What is France?
This was the name of the terrorist group that assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Bosnia in 1914.
These are other names for World War 1 (WW1)
What is the "Great War" or the "War to End All Wars"
The United States joined WW1 during April of this year.
What is 1917.
The February Revolution of the 1917 Russian Revolution resulted in this.
This was the name of the largest German state in the German Confederation. Otto von Bismarck was the chancellor of this state.
What is Prussia?
These were the three countries in the Triple Alliance before WW1.
What is Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany
In July 1914, Austria-Hungary declares war on this country, igniting WW1.
What is Serbia?
This was Germany’s u-boat policy during WW1, meant that Germany would attack any ship, including civilian and neutral ships, without warning.
What is "unrestricted warfare"?
These were two reasons the Provisional Government was unpopular.
What is they kept Russia in WW1 and did not redistribute land to the peasants.
This speech by Otto von Bismarck in 1862 set Germany on a course to rule Europe through its military might.
What is the "Blood and Iron" speech
These are the three countries in the Triple Entente before WW1.
What is France, Great Britain, and Russia.
In WW1 this was a type of fighting where soldiers dug long, deep trenches to protect themselves from enemy fire and fought in dangerous, muddy conditions for long periods of time.
What is trench warfare?
This was the name of the passenger ship, sunk in 1915 of the coast of Ireland by a German U-boat, that killed over 120 Americans.
What is the Lusitania?
This was a council of workers, soldiers, and peasants in Russia who helped make decisions and had influence during the Russian Revolution. Made up the Provisional Government in February 1917.
What is a "soviet".
This is when a country builds strong military forces to prevent other countries from attacking or starting a war because they fear the consequences.
What is military deterrence?
This was the reason the Black Hand assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
What is the Black hand wanted to reunite Bosnia, which was under Austria-Hungary's control, with Serbia.
In World War I this was the dangerous area between two opposing trenches, where soldiers risked being shot if they tried to cross it
What is "No Man's Land"
The Zimmerman telegram promised this to Mexico.
What is in return for attacking the United States, Germany would allow Mexico to have Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and part of California.
This was Vladimir Lenin's popular slogan used in the October Revolution of the 1917 Russian Revolution.
What is "Peace, Bread, and Land"
This is the name of the Kaiser that fired Otto von Bismarck in 1890. Eventually this Kaiser would lead Germany into WW1.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
These are three reasons for the start of WW1.
What is alliances, pan-slavism, military / naval arms race, the egos of European monarchies (any of these three are acceptable)
These were four two new air technologies and two new naval technologies used in WW1.
What are fighter planes (air) and Zeppelins (air) and dreadnoughts (naval) and U-boats (naval)
This was the reason President Wilson gave for declaring war on Germany and entering WW1.
What is to protect democracy?
After Vladimir Lenin overthrew the Provisional Government in October 1917, the new Bolshevik government signed this treaty with Germany and ended Russia's involvement in WW1.
What is the Brest-Litovsk Treaty?