Terms
agreement between countries to help each other
Alliance
Main event that sparked the start of WW1
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Many soldiers lived in the _____ during the long stalemates on the Western Front.
trenches
Which allied side won the war?
Triple Entente (Allied Powers)
What did the Bolsheviks rename their party?
Communist Party
loyalty and devotion to a nation
Nationalism
M- Militarism
A- Alliances
I- Imperialism
N- Nationalism
Name three new weapons used in WW1
machine gun, tank, airplane, poison gas
What was the peace treaty created by the nations that met after WW1?
Treaty of Versailles
Who became dictator in Russia after Lenin?
Joseph Stalin
Glorifying military power and keeping forces armed for war
Militarism
Germany sank this United States ship (one of the main causes for the U.S. joining the war)
Lusitania
What new weapon was introduced at the Battle of the Somme?
armored tanks
What were the Fourteen Points?
Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace
What happened to Czar Nicholas II after the March Revolution?
He gave up the throne & was executed a year later
international association formed to keep peace among nations
League of Nations
Germany sent this to try and get Mexico to start a war against the United States
Zimmermann Telegram
Germany's plan to defeat France quickly and turn to Russia
the Schlieffen Plan
How did the War Guilt Clause affect Germany?
blamed them for the war, made them pay reparations (billions), left their country humiliated and resentful, economic/political chaos
What was Bloody Sunday?
Workers and their families were shot by troops after demanding change at the Czar's palace
alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire
Triple Alliance
support Serbia against Austria-Hungary
The British failed at _____, where they were trying to get supplies to Russia
Gallipoli
Woodrow Wilson's main goal at the Paris Peace Conference was to ____
create a League of Nations
When Lenin & the Bolsheviks took over the Russian government, they.... (3 THINGS)
distributed farmland to peasants, gave control of the factories to workers, signed a treaty to get Russia out of WW1