WW1 Causes
Event that provided the spark for World War 1
What is the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand? also don't forget his wife Sophie... also don't forget about the cab driver...
Italy, United States, Belgium, Portugal, Britain, France, Russia and others
What are the Allied powers
President of the United States during WW1
Fancy name for the working class people
What is the proletariat?
Battled with Leon Trotsky for control of the Soviet Union in the 1920s. Officially gained power over the USSR in 1928.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
The steady rise of military strength and size even if the country is not fighting a war
What is militarism
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
What are the Central Powers?
Allowing people to decide for themselves under what government they wished to live.
What is self-determination?
The most radical group of communists in Russia that were willing to sacrifice themselves to see change in Russia
Who are the Bolsheviks
Government that takes total, centralized, control over every aspect of public and private life.
What is totalitarianism?
An intense pride and devotion for one's country
What is nationalism?
Style of warfare in which enemies dig miles and miles of parallel dugouts in order to protect themselves from the opposing side's artillery fire
What is trench warfare?
Woodrow Wilson's plan for the post war meetings at Versailles
What are the 14 points?
Ruthless leader of the Bolsheviks who rose to power immediately after the bloody events of the Russian Revolution
Who is Vladimir Lenin
Often encharged with enforcing a totalitarian government's policies. They may do this by spying on the citizens or by intimidating them. Sometimes they use brutal force and even murder to achieve their goals.
What is police/secret police?
Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy
What is the triple alliance?
Germans announced that their U boats would sink without warning any ship in the waters around Britain
What is Unrestricted Submarine Warfare?
Treaty that left Germany feeling bitterness and hatred in their hearts.
What is the Treaty of Versailles
Major world event that was the last straw that led Russia to revolution with itself.
What is World War 1?
What is indoctrination?
Britain, France, and Russia
What is the Triple Entente?
One-sided information designed to persuade, to keep up morale and support for the war
What is propaganda?
International association whose goal would be to keep peace among nations.
What is the League of Nations?
Crazy, holy man, wizard guy that was believed to have been calling the shots in the country during Russia's involvement in World War 1.
Who is Rasputin?
Totalitarian leaders often create enemies of the state to blame for things that go wrong.