Final exam Chapter 25 – Flashcards
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Why was the United States brought into World War I officially in 1917?
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To make the world safe for democracy
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The stalemate of trench warfare arose in the West at which site of battle?
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Marne
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The first of the European nations to declare war on another at the start of World War I was
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Austria
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At the onset of war, Germany marched into
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Belgium
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Which of the following areas was not a newly independent state after the War?
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Vienna
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Which best exemplifies the nationalist actions during wartime?
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The Irish Easter Uprising in 1916
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The immediate cause of World War I was
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the assassination of the Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand
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What was the new technical advantage introduced at the Battle of the Somme?
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the tank
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Which treaty member refused to support the original alliance and switched sides?
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Italy
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Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace was know as what?
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The Fourteen Points
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What best explains why the term total war was applicable to World War I?
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It relied on the participation of all members of the population to mobilize and win the war
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What miscalculation did each nation make in its war enthusiasm?
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Believing that the war would be over quickly
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What was Germany's intent in its strategy at the Battle of Verdun in 1916?
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To inflict the greatest number of casualties possible in a battle of attrition
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Which of the following ideologies was most responsible for the onset of World War I?
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Nationalism
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Which of the following was not a factor in provoking World War I?
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Political alliances frayed by interfamilial marriage
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The Triple Alliance was a coalition among which countries
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Austria, Germany, and Italy
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Which of the following was not a term of the peace treaty ending WWI?
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Austria was forced to pay war reparations to Serbia
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Teh Bolsheviks were able to seize power because
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they promised peasants land in exchange for support
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What was the significance of the Russian defeat at the Battle of Tannenberg
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Russia would not be able to attack on German soil again during the war.
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Trench warfare was characterized by
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all of these
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Russia was drawn out of WWI by what crisis?
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all of these
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Why did Lenin agree to the terms of the Treaty of Bret Litovsk?
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He believed it was the only means by which Socialists could survive in Russia.
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The main factor that escalated the onset of war after the assassination of the archduke was
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Serbia's refusal to capitulate to Austria's ultimatum
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What was the "entente cordiale"?
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A friendly agreement to support France against Germany, which was later extended to Russia.
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France looked for alliance network because it felt most threatened by which European power?
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Germany
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Germany countered the British naval blockade with
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unrestricted submarine warfare
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What was the most surprising content of Lenin's "April Theses"?
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His rejection of support for the Provisional government
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The attempt by the British navel forces to take out the Ottomans was a disastrous defeat at
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Gallipoli
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What intensified anti-German feelings in the US in 1915?
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the sinking of the Lusitania
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Government attempts to control their populations included of the following except
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conscription of women minorities and prisoners into the army
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The Schlieffen Plan hinged on what tactic?
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All of these
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The only empire remaining at the end of the war was
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none of these
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What was inflammatory about the Zimmerman telegram?
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It promised Mexico the return of land lost to the US in the 19th century if it would side with Germany
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Germany declared war on Russia in 1914 because
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Austria was already at war and German involvement seemed inevitable
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Which country joined the Triple Alliance as part of the Central Powers later in the war
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The Ottoman Empire
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In 1915, in an attempt to break the deadlock of trench warfare, Germany developed what weapon?
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poison gas
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The "hot spot" for contention over upsetting the balance of power in Europe was in
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The Balkan states
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The first instance of genocide during WWI was seen in which of the following?
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The Armenian Massacre by the Turkish
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The most brutal tactic causing the most casualties was
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Trench warfare
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What or who were the soviets
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Workers' councils
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Alexander Kerensky was in charge of
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He was the head of the Provisional Government
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What was the Cheka?
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The secret police to enforce discipline by the soviets
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Among the users of propaganda to inspire popular support of the war were
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all of these
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The 1st Balkan War of 1912 saw the almost complete removal of what nation
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The Ottoman Empire
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The Balfour Declaration was controversial in the middle east because
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It allowed for the creation of a Jewish home state in Palestine
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Why did Germany believe victory was still possible in 1917?
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all of these
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English participation in the war was most effective in
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navel blockades of Germany
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Why did the 1st revolution in Russia in March 1917 occur?
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Women were unable to buy bread and food, and joined an international woman's day demo
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How was the 1st impact of America's entry into WWI felt
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economically
