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Chapters 18 section one and two
WWI and ect
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10th Grade
02/11/2010

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nationalism
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love of ones country rather than ones native region
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Militarism
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Glorification of armed strength
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Mobilize
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To prepare an army for war
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Dread nought
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First modern battle ship
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Three Emperors League
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Alliance between Germany Austria  and Russia, for nuetrality if gone to war.
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Triple Alliance
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Germany, Austria , Hungary
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Reinsurance Treaty of 1887
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Ended rivalry between A-H, and Russia, Both again promised to be nuetral
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Triple entente
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Alliance between France Gb and Russia
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Serbia
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Located on East of A-H
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Bosnia- Hozegovina
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Provinces Serbia wanted, where Ferdinand and his wife are assasinated
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Pan Slavism
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Nationalist movement that pressed for the political and cultural unity of all slaves under russian leadership
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Dardenelles
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Straites between the black sea and the med.
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1880
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Germany began enlarging its navy
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1907
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asia,russia and gb became allies
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June 28 1914
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Balkan "powder king" began
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july 28 1914
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A-H declared war on serbia
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August 1 1914
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Germany declared war on Russia
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1839
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Great powers of Europe Guearenteed its nuetrality
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August 4 1914
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German soldiers marched into Belgium, Gb, declared war on Germany
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May 1915
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Italy entered the war on Germany
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand
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Heir to the throne of A-H , his assasination started WWI
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Gaurilo Princip
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memeber of the black hand,serbian nationalist group, assasinated archduke
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WWI consist of what 4 things
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Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism, And Systems of Alliance
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Central Powers
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Germany, Austria,Hungary, Bulgoria,&& the ottoman empire
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Allied powers
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GB, France, Russia, and their partners
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U- Boast
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Submarines
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Nuetral Nations
Definition
Switzerland,Italy, Netherlands,Norway, Sweden, Spain
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Schlieffan Plan
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German strategy for fighting the war on two fronts. Basis of the plan was to defeat france in 6 weeks and then concentrate on russia  which (it was believed) would be slower to mobilize its army. Result= freanch delayed German advancement && the russians moved faster than epected. Therefore Germany was forced to divide its forces in order to fight both
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Battle of the mane
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1914,Stopped german advancement and saved paris- Germany however took control of its industrialized areas- results both sides dug into trenches
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War of Attrition
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Each side tries to win by making each side run out of soldiers, Results= Huge casualties on both sides, Neither sides got an advantage and both had hage losses with trenches  from Switz- To English Channel-(2000 miles)
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Battle of Tennenburg
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Diversion to force German troops to move east, Humiliating for russia, lost half its armed forces and 90,000 taken prisoner.(Germans lost less than 15,000) So they forced the Russians to retreat
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Battle of Gallipoli
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1915, Allies attack to capture Constantinople and force them out of war. Get supplies for desperate russia, defended by british and french, planned by sea of navy,churchhill, forced to retreat
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Battle of Verdun
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Longest and Bloddiest war. 1916,

+75,000 french and german soldiers killed and line only moved 10 miles

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Contraband
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war materialssupplied by a nuetral nation to a belligerant one
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Attrocities
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brutal acts against defenseless civilians
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Red Baron
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most famous flying ace,german, shot down 80 aircraft.
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Woodrow Wilson
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U.S president , warned Germany that the U. S would not tolerate another submarine attack
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Arthur Zimmeran
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High Official in the German Foreign Ministry, sent telegram to mexico which was discovered by Britain and decoded and sent to the U.S  
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Battle of Somme
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1916, Equal to battle of verdun, british introduce new weapon, the tank
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Battle of Jutland
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1916, only major naval battle of the war,

inconclusive, both sides claim glory

German navy remained in port for the remainder of the year

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may 1915
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brittish passenger liner Lustiana was sank
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April 6 1917
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U.S declared war on Germany,
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