World War I
159573783 | Black hand | Serbian nationalist/terrorist group responsible for the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand which resulted in the start of World War I. | 0 | |
159573784 | Moroccan Crisis | England and France made a deal in which France supports British rule in England and England supports French rule in Morrocco. Germany doesn't accept the alliance and cals and international congerence. This brings Britain and France together. Germany loses all allies except for Austria-Hungary. | 1 | |
159573785 | Second Moroccan Crisis | France puts down a rebellion in Morocco giving Germany an excuse to extort colonial territory to "protect German citizens" | 2 | |
159573786 | blank check | Germany swears to support Austria-Hungary in any actions it takes against Serbia | 3 | |
159573787 | The Schlieffen Plan | The plan that Germany would attack France quickly and then move towards Russia | 4 | |
159573788 | First battle of the marne | On September 6, The French attacked a gap in the German line at the Battle of the Marne. For three days, France threw everything into the attack. Finally, the Germans fell back. Paris and France had been miraculously saved. | 5 | |
159573789 | Battles of Tannenberg and Masurian Lakes | Russian army decisively defeated on August 30 and September 15. Established the military reputations of the commanding general, Paul von Hindenburg, and his chief of staff, General Erich Ludendorff. | 6 | |
159573790 | Verdun | February 1916- Germany attacks France, who replies with two powerful counters. France gets most of its land back, but not Fort Verdun. Known because it resulted in 500,000 casualties. | 7 | |
159573791 | The Somme | British attack Germans at the Somme River. It lasts 141 days. 80k men killed in one day. By the end of the battle 600k were dead on each side. | 8 | |
159573792 | The Lusitania | Large British passenger liner whose sinking in 1915 prompted some Americans to call for war against Germany. America chose not to join in yet. | 9 | |
159573793 | Unrestricted Submarine Warfare | A policy that the Germans announced on January 1917 which stated that their submarines would sink any ship in the British waters | 10 | |
159573794 | Total War | When civilians join in the war efforts. | 11 | |
159573795 | Hindenburg | President of Germany | 12 | |
159573796 | Ludendorf | The major general that worked with Hitler and gave him credibility in the Beer Haul Putsch | 13 | |
159573797 | Georges Clemenceau | French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles (1841-1929) | 14 | |
159573798 | Ireland's Easter Rebellion | The violence that erupted in Ireland when members of Irish Republican Brotherhood and Citizens Army occupied government buildings in Dublin on Easter Sunday. British forces crushed this rebellion and condemned its leaders to death | 15 | |
159573799 | Second battle of the Marne | The first battle that the US participated in overseas. They stopped Germany from taking France, turning point of world war 1 | 16 | |
159573800 | November 11, 1918 | date Germany surrendered | 17 | |
159573801 | Woodrow Wilson's 14 points | A president's presentation to Congress towards the end of WWI regarding a more peaceful post-war world; and suggested dealing with specific countries, reduction of weapons, removal of barriers between countries, establishment of a general association of nations, no secret treaties, and freedom of trade. | 18 | |
159573802 | Treaty of Versailles | Treaty imposed on Germans that punished them for the war. Took away all of their colonies, a lot of their military privelages, and pride. Also imposed huge reperations. | 19 | |
159573803 | Article 231 | Germany forced to take responsibility for starting the war. | 20 | |
159573804 | reparations | payment for damages after a war. The ones imposed on Germany were huge. Allies looking for revenge. | 21 | |
159573805 | dictated peace | Germany felt that it was being told how to behave because it didn't participate in the negotion of the treaty of Versailes | 22 | |
159573806 | League of Nations' Mandates | Britain had previously supported Arab nationalists. After the war they made an agreement with France to create a number of mandates (former Ottoman territories that the new League of Nations now supervised) in the area. Iran, Palestine and Jordan were assigned to Great Britain. Syria and Lebanon were assigned to France. | 23 | |
159573807 | League of Nations | An organization of nations formed after World War I to promote cooperation and peace. | 24 |