Factors that contributed to the beginning of WWI: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism | ||
Glorifying war and keeping a standing army ready to fight | ||
Militaristic Emperor of Germany | ||
(1815-1898) Capable Prussian chancellor who engineered the unification of Germany under his rule. | ||
Military agreement among Britain, France, and Russia | ||
Military agreement among Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy | ||
Germany's plan for winning the war by first taking over France, and second by taking Russia | ||
Alliance among Great Britain, France, Russia, and later by the U.S. | ||
Alliance among Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) | ||
Fighting from trenches dug in the battlefields along the Western Front | ||
Region along the German-Russian border where much fighting took place | ||
Region along the French border where much fighting took place | ||
Using submarines to sink any ship without warning | ||
War in which countries use all their resources for the war | ||
Control of the amounts and kinds of goods people can buy in order to win the war | ||
One-sided information designated to persuade or evoke certain emotions | ||
Agreement to stop fighting | ||
American boat that was sunk by the German U-boats; made America consider entering WWI | ||
German telegram proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico in WWI | ||
President who proposed the Fourteen Points and represented the U.S. at Versailles | ||
Wilson's plan for a lasting and just peace | ||
Clause of the Versailles Treaty which placed the sole blame for WWI on Germany | ||
Money owed by defeated countries to help repair war damages | ||
Allowing people to decide for themselves about what kind of government they want | ||
Agreement at the end of WWI between Germany and the Allied Powers | ||
International group or organization with the goal of keeping peace among nations | ||
Belief that the Versailles Treaty would lead to another war because it created bitterness and resentment among several European nations, especially Germany |
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