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| 354140864 | Alexander Kerensky | Led the Provisional Government in July, decided to carry on the war to preserve Russia's honor. it was a major blunder because it satisfied neither workers nor the peasants who wanted the war to end | 0 | |
| 354140865 | Allied powers | (Great Britain, France , Russia, Italy), (Germany, Austria-Hungary) Italy started with central powers but attacked Austria and led them to by allies with the other country's. | 1 | |
| 354140866 | Archduke Francis Ferdinand | Outbreak of war: summer of 1914 Balkan states, particularly Serbia, were upset over Austria's control of nations Assassination of this man was carried out by Serbia terrorist group called The Black Hand | 2 | |
| 354140867 | Battle of the Somme | On July 1, 1916, British and french infantry forces attacked German defensive lines along a 25-mile front near the Somme river in France. | 3 | |
| 354140868 | Battle of Verdun | This battle was one of the major battles during the First World War on the Western Front. It was fought between the German and French armies, from 21 February - 18 December 1916, on hilly terrain north of the city of Verdun-sur-Meuse in north-eastern France. | 4 | |
| 354140869 | Bolsheviks | Foolishly decided to carry on war which most people wanted out of; led to rise of this radical group Gained mass support through their promises End to the war Transfer of factories and industries form capitalists to people Transfer of political power from provisional government to Soviets November 6, 1917 - Bolsheviks seized power | 5 | |
| 354140870 | Central Powers | Germany, Austria, and Bulgaria | 6 | |
| 354140871 | Czechoslovakia | ... | 7 | |
| 354140872 | Dawes Plan | Reduced Germany's reparations and stabilized payments on basis of ability to pay Loaned Germany $200 million for recovery Opened door for American investment in Europe | 8 | |
| 354140873 | First Battle of the Marne | (Sept 6-10) Turned into a stalemate of trench warfare and would move very little from this area for the rest of the war Eastern front was a war of mobility Russia made huge early advances, but took heavy losses and were a minimal threat to Germany Russia had more success in Austria Threw Austrians out of Serbia Italians broke alliance and attacked Austria Germany came to aid of Austria and pushed the Russians back 300 miles into their own territory Russia was almost knocked out of the war with 2.5 million killed, captured, wounded, or missing Bulgaria join Germany-Austria and took Serbia out of the war | 9 | |
| 354140874 | John Keynes | By 1929, Great Britain was feeling effects of Great Depression. Rejected idea of this man which was to Promote deficit spending | 10 | |
| 354140875 | Josef Stalin | Avoided allegiance to either Left or Right Used position to gain complete control of Communist party Expelled Trotsky from party Eliminated Old Bolsheviks from Politburo Established dictatorship greater than any Russian Tsar | 11 | |
| 354140876 | Leon Trotsky | Played a major role in the Red Army's successes | 12 | |
| 354140877 | New Economic Policy | Forced requisitioning of food from peasants stopped Peasants allowed to sell produce openly Retail and industry smaller than 20 employees could operate under private ownership Heavy industry, banking utilities, and mines still remained in government control | 13 | |
| 354140878 | Paris Peace Conference | In January 1919, representatives form 27 victorious Allied nations met in Paris to make a final settlement of World War I. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson became the spokesman for a new world order based on democracy and international cooperation Great Britain and France wanted German reparations Germany was not invited to the conference and Russia could not attend became of its civil war The conference accepted Wilson's proposal of a League of Nations | 14 | |
| 354140879 | Poland | Civil war; Lenin made peace with Germany to end its war and gave up this country | 15 | |
| 354140880 | Rasputin | Tsar Nicholas lost touch with the people Put faith in his Alexandra who was being manipulated by this person | 16 | |
| 354140881 | Reparations | ... | 17 | |
| 354140882 | Sarajevo | When Bosnia declared is independence in March 1992, Serbian army units and groups of Bosnian Serbs went on the offensive and began to shell this capital city. Also city where archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated. | 18 | |
| 354140883 | Schlieffen Plan | Germany wondered if France would honor alliance and enter war German plans were set for a two front war Plan called for massive movement to take over France before Britain could cross channel and before Russia could react Quickest and easiest invasion would be through neutral Belgium Once France was out of the picture, they would deploy to the east and deal with Russia | 19 | |
| 354140884 | Second Battle of the Marne | ... | 20 | |
| 354140885 | Soviets | after kidnapping the royal family and imprisoning them, they were eventually murdered by this group. | 21 | |
| 354140886 | Treaty of Locarno | Agreement between France and Germany Settled German borders with France and Belgium Viewed as new era of European peace Unfortunately based on fact Germany couldn't protest Disarmament of Germany occurred; nobody else reduced | 22 | |
| 354140887 | Tsar Nicholas II | Ordered partial mobilization of the Russian army against Austria. Plans were for war against both Germany and Austria simultaneously. Due to the they ordered full mobilization to the Germans and they took it as an act of war. After leading an ill-led and ill-armed army, they lost around 2 million soldiers during 1914-1916 | 23 | |
| 354140888 | V.I. Lenin | Trained as a lawyer but was shipped to Siberia when found guilty of participating in plot to assassinate Tsar Exiled to Switzerland where he lead Bolshevik party which was dedicated to violent revolution After Tsar abdicated, he had Germany sneak him back into Russia Germany was all in favor of a split and divided Russia Lenin worked to unite soldiers, workers, and peasants under one power | 24 | |
| 354140889 | Versailles Treaty | Perhaps one of the worst and one sided treaties in history The War Guilt Clause declared the Germany and Austria were responsible for the war. Harsh reparations were to be paid to Allied governments for all war damages Reduction of Germany's navy and army and elimination of its air force Loss of Alsace and Lorraine to France Sections of eastern Germany were given to a new Polish state. A demilitarized zone along the Rhine River to protect France from future German invasions | 25 |
