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#1: Explain the 4 major causes of World War I
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| The four major causes were militarism, alliences, imperliasm, and Nationalism. |
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2. Who was Franz Ferdinand?
Franz Ferdinand was a man that was murdered in the austrian hungary empire by princip. |
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| He was the heir of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. He was assassinated by a serbian named princip Sarajevo in 1914. This event sparked a series of actions that led to the beginning of WWI. |
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3. What role did the Black Hand play?
It was to make a statement for them selves and murder franz ferdinand. |
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| Serbian nationalist/terrorist group responsible for the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand which resulted in the start of World War I. |
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4. What was Germany’s “blank check”? |
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| no cooperation or repairism and was when blamed on for the tragedies. |
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5. a. Who were the Allies? |
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| The allies were the powers united to fight against the central powers which consisted of britain france russia italy and the US |
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5. b. Who were the Central Powers? |
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| The cetral powers were germany austria hungary ottoman empire bulgaria. |
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6. What was the Schlieffen Plan?
To attack france from behind. |
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| Germany's military plan to have 90% of their army to go through belgium and attack France. They expected that that Belgium's army would not be able to stop them and they would be able to finish France off quickly and they would then be able to fight Russia. This plan was formed because they feared the forts on the German/ France border and they wanted to avoid fighting on two fronts. unfortunately for Germany Belgium resisted and later Britain waged war on Belgium. |
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7. What were the effects of “total war”? |
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| The effects were that the nations involved in the war were in complete disaster when the war ended and there was war everywhere. |
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8. What was the major issue that Austria-Hungary faced? |
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| Thay had nobody to rule now because the president or leader was killed along with the wife and son. |
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9. What new weaponry was used in WWI?
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| there was planes canons mortars and machine guns |
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10. What were women’s roles during WWI? |
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| to stay home and take care of the children along also helping out with the nursuring. |
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| not having a winner or a tie or draw. |
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12. What were the major principles and effects of the Treaty of Versailles? |
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| the tragedies not only the soldiers had to face but also the civilians of the boats and crusiers |
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13. What was the significance of the Zimmerman Note?
The US would gotten taken over if it werent of the Zimmerman note |
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| The US would gotten taken over if it werent of the Zimmerman note |
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14. Who was Tsar Nicholas? |
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15. What was the Christmas Truce of 1914? |
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| it was when they stopped the war for one day due to christmas. |
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