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U.S. History on WWI
World War One Notes
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9th Grade
12/07/2009

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What countries of the world were most powerful on the eve of WWI?
Definition
The countries of Europe.
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What changes have Europe gone through?
Definition
Scientific, political, and industrial changes.
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Who had the largest colonial empire in Europe?
Definition
Britain
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What of Europe's was spread all around the globe?
Definition
Their culture, religion, and laguage.
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Why did France join WWI? Who did France make an alliance with?
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France joined WWI because Germany had beaten France in 1817 and France had been waiting for revenge ever since; Russia and Great Britain
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What would Japan modernize and aquire?
Definition
Colonial possessions of their own.
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Who was the Eauropean dynasty of Austria-Hungary in the late 19th century?
Definition
The Hasburgs
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Who was the Eauropean dynasty of Russia in the late 19th century?
Definition
The Romanous
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Who was the European dynasty of Germany in the late 19th century?
Definition
The Hohenzollerns
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Who was the European dynasty of Britain in the late 19th century?
Definition
Saxe-Coburg-Goth(later Windser)
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What is Militarism?
Definition
The glorification of warfare in the military.
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What is Nationalism?
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Loving your country and having pride in it.

 

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What is Pan-Slavism?
Definition
A national movement among slavic people in eastern Europe.
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What is the Industrial Revolution?
Definition
Europeans competed for lands and places where they could sell material.
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What is Imperialism?
Definition
The building of Empires.
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What is the problem with the Ottoman Empire?
Definition
Different cultural nationalisms.
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What was the problem with the Austria-Hungary empire?
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Nationalism acts as terrorism
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What was the European alliance system?
Definition

The Triple Alliance system:

Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary

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The Triple Entente:

Britain, France, and Russia

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What was the immediate cause of WWI?
Definition
The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferninand, heir to the throne of the Austria-Hungary in Sarajuevo, Bosnia on June 28, 1914 would bring the nations of Europe into the war.
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What countrys were the majored allied powers in WWI?
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Russia, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Belgium, United States, Serbia.
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What countries were in the Central Powers in WWI?
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoma Empire, and Bulgaria.
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What did Britain do in March of 1915?
Definition
Announced a blockade on German ports.
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What of Germany's attacked the allied and neutral shipping in February on 1915?
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U-Boats
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What happened in February of 1916?
Definition
The Battle of Vernon began.
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What happened in December of 1916?
Definition
There would be 750,000 combined casualties.
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What began in July of 1916?
Definition
The Battle of Somme.
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What did U.S. declare on April 6, 1917?
Definition
War on Germany putting it's national resources behind the Allied War effect.
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What happened in July of 1918?
Definition
The Allies began their counter attacks, and would launch offensives against the Central Powers, pushing men back.
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What began in Paris in January of 1919?
Definition
Peace negotiations began.
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What warfare would be revolutionized because of new technology?
Definition
Flame throwers, gas, tanks, machine guns, sniper rifles, airplanes, hand grenades.
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What empires would collapse in Europe and Asia?
Definition
Ottoman Empire, German Empire, Austria-Hungary Empire, and Russian Empire.
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The influenza empidemic would kill 20- 40 million people in what years?
Definition
From 1918-1919
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Give one example of how the U.S. would be greatly impacted in WWI.
Definition
Americans became isolationist.
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