288164668 | Self-determination | the ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will | 0 | |
288164669 | Pan-Slavism | A movement to promote the independence of Slav people. Roughly started with the Congress in Prague; supported by Russia. Led to the Russo-Turkish War of 1877. | 1 | |
288164670 | Dreadnoughts | enormous battleships that helped fuel the Anglo-German rivalry. Stayed in port. | 2 | |
288164671 | Place in the Sun | The term Wilhelm coined to express that he wanted Germany to have a higher position in the world | 3 | |
288164672 | Triple Alliance | Alliance between Germany, Italy, Austria Hungry | 4 | |
288164673 | Central Powers | Central Powers: Germany, Italy, Austria Allied Powers: France, Britain, Russia | 5 | |
288164674 | Triple Entente | An alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia in the years before WWI. | 6 | |
288164675 | Schlieffen Plan | Germany's military plan at the outbreak of World War I, according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia. | 7 | |
288164676 | Plan XVII | French plan for war. Rapid attack. Sent armies to Alsace-Lorraine and wanted to engage Germans in combat and drive them back. The way to Berlin would be open while they were doing this. | 8 | |
288164677 | Black Hand | a secret terrorist society in the United States early in the 20th century | 9 | |
288164678 | No-man's land | Territory between rival Trenches, very dangerous | 10 | |
288164679 | Verdun | France vs. Germany, France led by Nivelle. Poorly defended, Germans lost, lost 700,000 men | 11 | |
288164680 | Somme | battle in World War I (1916) | 12 | |
288164681 | Twenty-one Demands | list of demands given to China by Japan in 1915 that, if agreed to, would have made China a protectorate of Japan | 13 | |
288164682 | Gallipoli | A poorly planned and badly executed Allied campaign to capture the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli during 1915 in World War I. Intended to open up a sea lane to the Russians through the Black Sea, the attempt failed with more than 50 percent casualties on both sides. | 14 | |
288164683 | Nicholas II | the last czar of Russia who was forced to abdicate in 1917 by the Russian Revolution | 15 | |
288164684 | Joseph Caillaux | Former French Prime Minister who spent two years in jail for suggesting a peace treaty | 16 | |
288164685 | Ibn Ali Hussain | Major independence leader of the Ottoman Empire | 17 | |
288164686 | Vladimir Ilyich Lenin | He was a Russian revolutionary, a communist politician, the main leader of the October Revolution, the first head of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic and from 1922, the first de facto leader of the Soviet Union. He was the creator of Leninism, an extension of Marxist theory. | 18 | |
288164687 | February Revolution | the revolution against the Czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917 | 19 | |
288164688 | October Revolution | The 1917 Bolshevik revolt and seizure of power in Russia | 20 | |
288164689 | Bolsheviks | Led by Vladimir Lenin it was the Russian communist party that took over the Russian goverment during WWI | 21 | |
288164690 | Peace, Land, and bread | lenin's speech and promises to russia citizens | 22 | |
288164691 | Treaty of Brest Litovsk | treaty between Russia and Germany that would end Russia's involvement in WWI in 1917, Germans gained land. | 23 | |
288164692 | Lusitania | Sunk in 1915 by a German submarine. 139 American killed. Forced Germany to stop submarine warfare. | 24 | |
288164693 | Treaty of Versailles | the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans | 25 | |
288164694 | Great Easter Rebellion | an unsuccessful attempt by the Irish people to overthrow British rule in Ireland. Spurred by the shortage of food caused by the war. 1916 | 26 | |
288164695 | Fourteen Points | wilson's plan for world peace following world war I | 27 | |
288164696 | League of Nations | an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations | 28 | |
288164697 | Francis Ferdinand | (1863-1914) Heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne whose assassination in Sarajevo set in motion the events that started World War I. | 29 | |
288164698 | Gavrilo Princip | Assassinates Ferdinand on June 28th, 1914 | 30 | |
288164699 | Alfred von Schlieffen | German who concocted the plan of "France for breakfast, Russia for dinner" Schlieffen plan, | 31 | |
288164700 | Mustapha Kemal | Turkish war hero commanded forces in WW1. Formed an elected government and became president. Wanted to modernize the country | 32 | |
288164701 | Winston Churchill | British statesman and leader during World War II | 33 | |
288164702 | T. E. Lawrence | British colonel fighting in the Middle East, he later became known as Lawrence of Arabia | 34 | |
288164703 | Woodrow Wilson | 28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership, created Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act, progressive income tax, lower tariffs, women's suffrage (reluctantly), Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification), won Nobel Peace Prize | 35 |
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