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The __________ Plan was Germany's plan to take France quickly and then turn around to beat the slower Russians. The idea was to keep from fighting a __ ______ war.
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Schlieffen; 2 front
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A major cause of WWI was the assassination of Archduke _____ ________ who was heir to the ________-__________ throne.
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Franz Ferdinand; Austria-Hungarian
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Kaiser William II was in charge of ___________ and had to deal with the industrialization of his country which only lead him to get involved in ___________ to get resources for factories
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Germany; Imperialism
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After Russia joined the Entente Cordial, the French, Russians, and English all joined together and became known as the _______ ______ (later called Allies) which shows that _________ Alliances was a major cause of WWI.
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Triple Entente; Entangling
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The assassin that killed the Archduke was part of the terrorist (freedom fighter) organization called the _______ ______ which was claimed to be aided by _________ (country).
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Black Hand; Serbia
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy all joined together in an alliance for defense called the _______ ________, later called the Central Powers.
Definition
Triple Alliance
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A major cause of WWI was the preparation for war with large armies due to conscription and war plans which is called ___________.
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militarism
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The Archduke and his wife were shot during a parade in _________, __________ by 19 year old, _________ __________.
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Sarajevo, Bosnia; Gavrilo Princip
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The issues in the Balkans illustrate that __________ was a major cause of WWI.
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nationalism
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The first battle of WWI was the Battle of the _________. Where the French and Germans stalled in what became known as _______ Warfare.
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Marne; Trench
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As the war included all of Europe, Japan, North Africa, and the Middle East; it became known as a _______ War.
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total
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The introduction of ______, _______, _______, and _____ (list 4- not the machine gun) were all new weapons that were vastly different than the horses, bayonets, and swords still used in mass amounts.
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tanks, planes, airships, submarines, gas, Barbed Wire
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One new technology that made the death toll so high in WWI was the __________ ____ that could fire hundreds of bullets a minute.
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machine gun
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Germany promised to stop its practice of sinking all ships in the ________ Pledge though it only lasted less than a year.
Definition
sussex
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Germany began pulling the United States into declaring war by using _____________ submarine warfare that sank the _________ in 1915 which killed 128 Americans.
Definition
unrestricted; lusitania
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The area between Trenches was called, "__ ____ ____" because of the death and carnage found there.
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No Man's Land
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The communists could not have won the civil war without the military leadership of _____
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Leon Trotsky
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When the czar of Russia leaves to fight at the Eastern Front he leaves his children, wife, and, ultimately, his country in the hands of a "magical healer" named __________ (last name is fine).
Definition
Rasputin
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In the October Revolution of 1905, the czar of Russia is forced to grant a constitution that sets up 3 political classes called the ________ who want revolutionary change of no monarch, ______ who want a constitution, and Octoberist who were moderates.
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Socialists; Kadets
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After the assassination of Alexander II and before WWI, Russia was looking for a win to boost morale. Russia decides that a fighting a naval battle with ________ would be that win but ends in an embarrassing loss.
Definition
Japan
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After leaving the war, Russia plunged into a civil war between the ______ Army or anti-communist and the ______ Army or communists which all ends with the communists winning and the entire royal family being executed.
Definition
White; Red
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After the _________ Revolution in 1917 leads to the end of the war for the Russians in 1918 with the Treaty of _________-_________ where Russia gave up a lot of its Industrial and Agricultural lands to the Germans.
Definition
November; Brest-Litovsk
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In ______ (year) WWI starts and Russian leader or Czar, __________ II, has to deal with issues of political parties stalling on action to fight and decides to go fight without the Duma's support.
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1914; Nicholas
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In _________ of 1917, we see two new groups of socialist that emerge from Kadets new government. The Mensheviks and the _________ who want to end the war immediately.
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march; Bolsheviks
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The new "majority" group of socialist was headed by __________ _______ (last name is fine) who was shipped back from exile to Russia from Germany in order to cause political turmoil...
Definition
Vladimir Lenin
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In _______ Russia was losing the war badly with 2 million deaths, 4-6 million wounded or captured, and more starving people demanding "_______ and _______."
Definition
1917; Peace and Bread
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After Russia leaves the war, the Germans were able to put 100% of their effort toward the Western Front as shown in the Second Battles of the ______ and ______; however, in both cases they were stopped and crushed.
Definition
Marne; Somme
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1917 was a bad year for the Allies but gained more energy when the American ____________, nickname due to our "softness" in comparison to the war hardened French and British, showed up.
Definition
Doughboys
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Due to the war going poorly and being a long, bloody incident; the German troops mutiny, the kaiser steps down, and on __________ ____, _____ (date) the new German government signs an agreement to stop fighting called an ___________.
Definition
November 11, 1918; Armistice
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The treaty with Germany punished them harshly. The had to take _____________ for the war, pay 33 billion in war ____________, and reduce their _______.
Definition
responsibility; reparations; military
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As WWI ended it was a ________ peace as the countries of France and England are out to harshly punish __________
Definition
flawed; Germany
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U.S. President Wilson's ____ ________ was a plan that would be based on "justice for all..." and deal with the general causes of the war. Though it was all meant to stop future wars, the most important part would be the ________ of _______ which the U.S. refused to join.
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14 points; league of nations
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Due to uprisings and revolutions, Austria-Hungary collapses into the countries of Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and ____________ or "Southern Slavs" which is what Serbia wanted all along.
Definition
Yugoslavia
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The most important treaty of WWI was the Treaty of __________, named for where it was drafted, which was the peace settlement Germany.
Definition
Versailles
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