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The practice of requiring young people to join the military which was followed by many nations before World War I
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conscription
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before World War I many European nations completed the mobilization of their military by assembling troops and supplies for war
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mobilization
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this development baffled military leaders who had been trained to fight wars of movement
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trench warfare
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World War I became a war based on wearing the other side down by constant attacks and heavy losses
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war of attrition
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World War I involve the complete mobilization of resources and people that affected the lives of all citizens in the war warring countries
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total war
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Systems directed by government agencies to mobilize the entire resources of their nations
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planned economies
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councils of workers and soldiers
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soviets
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term used to describe the communist centralization of control over its economy
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war Communism
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payments to the nations that won the war
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reparations
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how did the British government try to eliminate opposition from the people who are opposed to World War I
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they made the defense of the realm act
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explain the social changes promised by the bolshevik slogans
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they promised to bring peace and end war, & transfer gov powers to soviets
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State the significance of the following dates 1914 1915 1917 and 1918
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1914 World War I starts 1915 Germany sank the Lusitania 1917 the Russian Revolution began in US enters war 1918 the end of World War I in the Treaty of Brest livosk
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describe the role and contribution of women did World War I what was their status after the war
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Limited men's jobs they held to higher standard with great respect because the men would go off to war in the wives would have to take over their jobs
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why were Alexandra and rasputin able to control czars government during much of World War I
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czar was never there he was up or on the front
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how did international alliances help to draw a nation scented World War I
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they were bound to respond the conflicts that involves the nations attracted the allies nations
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Why was a breakthrough such an important military gold in the war
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trench created stalemate
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what did the creation of the league of Nations have to do with Woodrow Wilson's willingness to sign the Treaty of versaille
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agreed to compromise for territory in the treaty thinking that league of Nations could fix it
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what were the terms of the Treaty of versaille
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-article 231 -pay reparations sessions of -Germany were awarded to a new polish
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why did Russia withdraw from the war how did that affect Germany
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they lost too many troops in the revolutionso they withdrew
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what innovations in military warfare occurred during World War I
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fighter plane submarines tanks bio weapons
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who's assassination started World War I
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archduke Ferdinand
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gavrilo princip
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Who was he assassinated by
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kept the Western front for moving very much
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trench warfare
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The right of each people to have their own nation
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self-determination
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prime Minister of Great Britain he wanted to make the Germans pay for the war
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David Lloyd George
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The world organization created at the Paris peace conference
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The league of Nations
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George Clemenceau of France Orlando from Italy Wilson from US David Boyd from Great Britain
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List the big four
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The head of the Petrograd Soviet in later commissar of war
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Leon Trotsky
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aggressive preparation for war
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militarism
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Italy betrayed Germany and Austria by
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attacking Austria in May 1915
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explain what the schlieffen plan was
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Germany's plan for a two front war with Russia and France which had formed in military alliance
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The German advance toward Paris was halted
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first battle of the Marne
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what caused the US to join the allies and fighting World War I
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submarine warfare the Germans use
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The Bolsheviks became a party dedicated to violent revolution under his leadership
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V I Lenin
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why was Germany unhappy with article 231
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then have to admit that they are responsible and they have to pay reparations
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became a spokesman the spokesperson for New World order based on democracy and international cooperation
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Woodrow Wilson
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how did Lennon attentive and Russia's involvement in the war
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linen signed the Treaty of BL with Germany which gave us up Russian territory
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Britain France Italy Serbia US
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allies or triple entente
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Germany Austria hungry Ottoman Empire Bulgaria
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Central Powers
