CH 25
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TaylorPace on March 22, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 New Imperialism | Historians' term for the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century wave of conquests by European powers, the United States, and Japan, which were followed by the development and exploitation of the newly conquered territories. (p. 726) |
| "splendid isolation" | Period of isolation in GB, where they feel as though they do not need to get involved in the war; Perpetual Neutrality |
| 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. |
| Morocco Crisis | After the French received Morocco, Germany demanded an international conference- German bullying forced England and France closer. Germany gained nothing. |
| Marne | Battle near paris that ended Germany's hope of swift victory |
| Brest-Litovsk | Russia signed a humiliating peace treaty with Germany at this site and dropped out of the war, marking Russia's exit from World War I by conceding Lithuania, Poland, and Finland. Although Lenin supported peace many other Bolsheviks were not prepared to lose one third of the population to Germany. |
| Schlieffen Plan | Attack plan by Germans, proposed by Schliffen, lightning quick attack against France. Proposed to go through Belgium then attack France, Belgium resisted, other countries took up their aid, long fight, used trench warfare. |
| Entente Cordiale | a friendly understanding between political powers |
| Lusitania | American boat that was sunk by the German U-boats; made America consider entering WWI |
| Triple Alliance | Alliance between Germany, Italy, Austria Hungry |
| Congress of Berlin | (1878) Assembly of representatives from Germany, Russia, Hungary, Britain, France, Italy, and the Ottoman Empire. Meeting was to reorganize the countries of the Balkans - led to greater nationalism. |
| Open Door Policy | A policy proposed by the US in 1899, under which ALL nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China. |
| Triple Entente | An alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia in the years before WWI. |
| Sarajevo | capital and largest city of Bosnia |
| Economic Consequences of the Peace | Written by Keynes, this work illustrated the overall British opinion that Germany should be resuscitated economically for the British economy to flourish. It was against France's harsh reparations |
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