WW1 and Russian revolution study guide – Flashcards
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name and explain MAIN
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Military means that the army and military forces are given a high profile by the government. Alliance is an agreement made by two or more countries to give each other help if its needed. Imperialism is when a country takes over new lands or countries and makes them subject to their rule Nationalism means being strong supporters of right and interests of ones country's
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assassination of archduke Ferdinand
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there where 7 assassins from the black hand(a Serbian nationalist group) to kill him. there was a bombing that injured a lot of people the archduke decided to see the people that where injured. when they left the hospital a 19 year old boy that was also supposed to kill the archduke bumped into him. he ended up killing the archduke and his wife.
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mobilize
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a country that prepare and organize there troop for active services
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triple entente
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A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding World War I.
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triple alliance
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An alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in the years before WWI.
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neutrality
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policy of supporting neither side in a war
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eastern front
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the Russian army moved into eastern Germany. the Austrians were kicked out of Serbia and the Italians attacked Austria. Germany and Austrians came to an alliance and were able to push the Russians back 300 miles into their own territory. they were much more better then the west front but lacked of modern technology caused Russia enormous defeats. 2.5 million Russians killed, captured, or wounded. there was a treaty signed with the revolutionary government in Russia they lost 1/4 of there territory
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western front
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they had to use the Schlieffen plan for there war. first they invade the western front and then after defeating France they concentrate on the eastern front and also avoid a fight with a second front. Germany tried to make a movement through Belgium to enter Paris. they underestimated the British swiftness and send troops to France which leads to the battle of Marne and causes the Germans and French to dig trenches for shelter.
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no mans land
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no mans land was a land that separated the Germanys and British sides and no man ever lived when they went out there also each side dug trenches for shelter and every time when someone would get up an attempt to run and try to kill the other side they would be shot down. also very dangerous
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trench Warefare
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characterized fighting on the western front. soldiers fought in rows of trenches dug out of the earth. Little Movement. millions of young men sacrificed to break threw
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new techniques and weapons
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the new techniques they used where the trenches the new weapons they used was tanks, planes, mustard gas, machine guns and other
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zimmermann notes
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A message sent from a German official in Germany to a German official in Mexico asking him to join an alliance with Germans, the Germans told them that they would help get the USA back to for the Mexicans
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armistice
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An agreement to stop fighting
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treaty of versailles
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It was a treaty that was after the war. they blamed everything on the Germans and they have to pay off 30 billion dollars to friends and family and the government.
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collective security
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A system in which a group of nations acts as one to preserve the peace of all
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league of nations
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A world organization established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace. It was first proposed in 1918 by President Woodrow Wilson, although the United States never joined the League. Essentially powerless, it was officially dissolved in 1946.
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mandates
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A nation governed by another nation on behalf of the League of Nations
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cost of WW1
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8 to 9 million Europeans died in battle. 50, 000 Americans died in battle more then 20 million soldiers on both sides were wounded. many children became orphans because the mothers would run off and leave them after they found out there husbands died.
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propaganda
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Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.
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lenin
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Founded the Communist Party in Russia and set up the world's first Communist Party dictatorship. He led the October Revolution of 1917, in which the Communists seized power in Russia. He then ruled the country until his death in 1924.
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communism
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A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
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reasons for Russian revolution
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1917. WWI, peasant poverty, growing urban workforce, ineffective government, alienated military
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bolsheviks
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a member of any communist party
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totalitarian
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of or relating to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life.
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march revolution
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As a result of this revolution the Romanov dynasty was removed from power after 300 years of autocratic rule and replaced with the provisional government led by Alexander Kerensky
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November revolution
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Nov. 1917 when Lenin and Bolshevik followers over threw provisional government and took over the Russian government
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causes of WW1
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nationalistic pride competition for colonies military build up tangled web of alliances assassination of archduke Ferdinand
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effects of WW1
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destruction in Europe boom in American economy suppression of dissent in the U.S allied victory defeated empires lose their colonies the U.S emerges from the war as a world leader and an economic giant
