Before the war and after the war
Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism
What were the 4 MAIN reasons for the stat of the war?
GIA
Germany Italy Austria-Hungary
What was the triple alliance?
deadlock on region in Northern France
What was the Western Front?
area of battlefield along G-R border
What was Eastern front?
when people could buy only small amounts of items to aid in war effort?
What was rationing?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Who was assassinated that set off WW1?
BFR
Britain France Russia
Britain wouldn't fight with or against them
What was the Triple Entente?
German message urging Mexico to join germany in the war - would help mexico get band its land
What was the Zimmerman note?
a baren expanse of mud pockmarked with shell craters and barbed wire
What was No man's land?
allowing people to decide for themselves under what government they wished to live
What was self-determination?
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Who took control of Germany?
GA Germany Austria-Hungary
Later Bulgaria and Ottoman Empire
Who were the Central Powers?
plan to achieve just and lasing peace
What were Fourteen Points?
submarines would sink any ship without warning in the waters around Britain
What was unrestricted submarine warfare?
one sided information designed to persuade and keep up morale to support the war
What was propaganda?
Sarajevo,Bosnia
Where did Archduke Ferdinand and his wife visit?
BFR
Later Japan and Italy
Who were the Allied Powers?
plan that called for attacking and defeating France in the west and then rushing east to fight Russia
What was the Schlieffen Plan?
think ditches rather than open battlefield
What was Trench Warfare?
agreement to stop fighting
What was an armistice?
international association whose goal was to keep peace among the nations
What were the League of Nations?
Wilson Clemenceau George Orlando
UFBI
Who were the Big Four?
treaty between Germany and Allied Powers punished Germany for the war
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
when countries devote all their resources to the war effort
What was total war?
Germany forced to take sole responsibility for the war
What was war-guilt clause?