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6343709278The assassination of Archduke Franz FerdinandThis was the spark that started World War I. Archduke Ferdinand, the Austrian crown prince, was murdered on June 28, 1914, by a Serbian nationalist while visiting Sarajevo, Bosnia. Germany urged Austria-Hungary to fight and they went to war against Serbia; all of this due to Serbia wanting to expand0
6343709279Woodrow WilsonThis was the president who was elected in 1912, and led the US into WWI. Later wrote a plan for post-WWI peace known as the Fourteen Points.1
6343709280Austria-HungaryThis Central Power empire during WWI, started the war with their invasion of Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 . It was made up of Austria, Hungary and several other nations and territories. After World War I it split up into several nations.2
6343709281The Black HandThis Serbian rebel group tassassinated Archduke Ferdinand after several failed attempts.3
6343709282Kaiser Wilhelm II of GermanyThis German Emperor led the Germans during WWI. In 1918 he was forced to step down by German Generals.4
6343709283U-boatsThis new machinery used by the Germans in sea warfare, to attack British and American supply ships in the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.5
6343709284NationalismThis cause of World War I was based on an intense pride in one's nation.6
6343709285Allied PowersThis alliance during WWI included the United States, Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy (switched to the Allied Powers in 1915). (The blue countries of the East and West on map above)7
6343709286Wilson's Fourteen PointsThis is the plan for post-World War I outlined by President Wilson in 1918. This plan called for self-determination (countries in Africa and Asia govern themselves), freedom of the seas, free trade, end to secret agreements, reduction of arms and a league of nations.8
6343709287Zimmerman TelegramThis intercepted note from the German foreign minister to the Mexican government offered, territories in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico for Mexico. The note also confirmed the new policy of unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany against the Allied Powers. This helped turn Americans against Germany in WWI.9
6343709288LusitaniaThis British passenger ship was sunk by German U-boats in 1915, carrying civilians and ammunition to Britain from the U.S. The event turned American opinion against Germany.10
6343709289Trench WarfareThis style of warfare was common in WWI, due to the invention of the machine gun and heavy artillery. It included digging long trenches, separated by barbed wire and a no mans land.11
6343709290Armistice, 1918This was the agreement between the Allies and Central Powers that ended the fighting after WWI. It began at 11/11/1918 at 11:11 am. This marked a victory for the Allies and stated that the Central Powers lost. Germans would later look at this as "the stab in the back."12
6343709291ReparationsThis term refers to the payments and transfers of property that Germany was required to make under the treaty of Versailles.13
6343709292League of NationsThis intergovernmental organization lasted from 1919-1946, was founded after the Paris Peace Conference. It did not work effectively to prevent WWII.14
6343709293War Guilt ClauseThis clause of the Treaty of Versailles placed all blame for WWI with Germany and its allies. This forced Germany to pay reparations for World War I.15
6343709294Causes of World War I ImperialismThis cause of World War II resulted from the competition among European nations for colonies in Africa and Asia from 1880-1914. This created tension, especially between Germany and Great Britain.16
6343709295Causes of World War I AlliancesThis was a major cause of WWI. Two major alliances formed the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria, Italy) and the Triple Entente (France, England, Russia). This alliance system made world war likely, by drawing all countries into a small war.17
6343709296M.A.N.I.A.These are the five main causes of World War I. Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism, and Assassination.18
6343709297Triple AllianceThis alliance was made Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in the years before WWI. IN RED ABOVE19
6343709298Triple EntenteThis alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia in the years before WWI. IN BLUE ABOVE20
6343709299Balkan RegionSlavic Region of intense nationalism and imperial domination in mountains of south/eastern Europe - spark to set off powder keg of Europe.21
6343709300Central PowersThis was a major alliance at the 'center' of Europe during World War I, made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire. It was formerly known as the Triple Alliance before the war. SHOWN ABOVE IN RED.22
6343709301Allied PowersThis was a major alliance during World War I made up of Britain, France, Russia, and the United States. It was know n as the Triple Entente(a French word) before the war.23
6343709302Western FrontThis was a major front in World War I. A line of trenches and fortifications in World War I that stretched without a break from Switzerland to the North Sea. This is where most of the fighting happened in World War II.24
6343709303Shlieffen PlanThis was Germany's military plan at the outbreak of WWl. The plan was for troops to rapidly defeat France and move east to defeat Russia.25
6343709304Eastern FrontThis was a front in WWI. The region of fighting happened along the German-Russian Border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks.26
6343709305Gallipoli CampaignThis was a British military attack in 1915 during World War I against the Ottoman Empire at Dardanelles', to bring supplies to Russia. The mission failed with high casualties by the British as shown in movie with Mel Gibson called "Gallipoli."27
6343709306Unrestricted Submarine WarfareThis was the policy that the Germans announced on January 1917 which stated that their submarines would sink any ship in the British waters.28
6343709307RationingRestricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military29
6343709308PropagandaThese are ideas or information that usually designed by a government to influence public opinion, often times to persuade a people to go to war.30
6343709309Balkan RegionThis area was considered "powder keg of Europe." It was an important area for the following reasons: ~Russia wanted access to Med. Sea ~Germany wanted rail link to Ottoman Emp. ~Austria-Hungary had control of Bosnia, accused Serbia of subverting rule over it31
6343709310Armenian GenocideWhen the government of the Ottoman Empire (Turks) killed 1 million Armenians in suspicion that they were working for Russia.32
6343709327MilitarismThis cause of World War I was a policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war.33

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