Chapter 22 Test

• Telegram to Mexico promising lost land from Germany if they attack
• form of propaganda

Date that the United States entered the Great War

led a rebellion in Russia against Czar Nicholas II who did nothing while the people suffered

appressive leader who was no help in Russia

Russian internal Rebellion

Russia gave up a large portion of land to Germany in order to get themselves out of the war

• America England and France
• -->allies

• US General
• did not believe in trench warfare

German U boats began sinking ships without warning, after breaking the Sussex Pledge

a shot at lasting peace, brought to treaty but only the fourteenth point was accepted, the forming of a peace keeping group

the right of a people to choose their own government

A system where nations pledge mutual defence

• important delegate to treaty of versailles
• one of the "big four" who negotiated the treaty of versailles

• another one of the big four at the treaty
• held country together during German defense

• After World War I the fighting countries made this treaty attacked germany and austria hungary- unfair
• took away germanys means of making money and demanded high reparations

land of value kept away from germany by the allies

• payments made for war damages
• germany was demanded 33 billion by England

system of giving colonies their own governments with help from the big allies like france and GB

• only part of wilsons 14 points that followed through
• useless when US refused to join because they had the strong army

plan to relieve germany of economic pressure

lay "the root of the next war"

• pride in one's country
• 2 types: were better than you and were culturally different than you and want to break away

• Jingoism
• glorification of military power
• one of the causes of World War I

Feild Marshall from germany who made a plan that called for the knockout of france before going against Russia

• served in the civil war and later taught history
• argued that world power meant sea power

• another cause of WWI
• agreements between countries to help eachother during war

alliance formed between germany, austria-hungary, and the ottoman empire

plan to attack france first so Germany could then focus on fighting Russia the bigger and stronger army

alliance formed between Great Britain, France and Russia.

everyone in the balkan penninsula wanted independence and all the major countries wanted to take over the balkan penninsula. conflict began and AH entered serbia. AH feared nationalism spreading. What really set off the balkan powder keg was the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand

capital of bosnia-hertzgovinia where the AH arch duke and wife sophie were killed

• the arch duke's assassin
• acted without official authority of serbian government
• belonged to the black hand

• a secret nationalist serbian society
• gavril princip was a member- assassin

• AH arch duke
• killed in Sarajuevo after entering bosnia hertzgovinia
• his assassination set off the balkan powder keg and sparked mobilization and war

• Official beginning of World War I
• Serbia vs. Austria Hungary

the alliance of Russia, France, and Great Brittain changed their name to this when smaller nations joined them

• Militarism: glorification of military power
• Alliances: agreements formed between countries to not fight
• Imperialism: building an empire based on force on other countries
• Nationalism: Countries wanted independence. were better than you or were culturally different

• false info spread to sell papers and spread rumors
• ex: the Zimmerman note

acts of great cruelty and brutality

spying to acuire secret information from a government

• the first use of the word genocide, first hollocaust
• the ottoman empire killed and brutally abducted, tortured, and massacred the armenian people
• woman and children extremely abused
• attrocities commited

• cannon that could shoot 15 miles
• germany wanted to shoot to paris

blimps filled with helium

underwater ships used by germans during WWI

digging trenches in war to wear the other side out. also helped to hold the land you have aquired

each side tries to wear down or outlast the other

France Front vs Germany

Russia, Germany, Ottoman Empire

Palastine was a British Mandate and GB left it to self govern

everyone had to be warned in advance to escape before a cruise ship was attacked

• war materials that were hidden and transported on ships such as cruise ships
• straw was added to the list of contraband because that is what the war materials were packed in

German Submarines used to attack ships

• underwater missels
• germans used a torpedo to attack the sussex

• ship attacked by germany
• had contraband on board and sunk when attacked

• boat attacked by a torpedo, only tilted did not sink
• sparked the sussex pledge in which germany had to agree not to attack any ships without warning.