WW1 study guide
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singing_star101 on March 31, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Bosnia Herzegovina | where parade was hed with ADFF; had been annexed by A/H from Serbia, the people wanted to still be seribian the capital was Sarajevo |
| Sarajevo | where ADFF was assassinated; capital of Bosnia Herzegovina |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | ruler of Austria Hungary, started WW1 |
| June 28th 1914 | anniversary of Koskov war; assassination of ADFF |
| Black Hand | group of assassins who killed ADFF |
| Gavrilo Princip | main killer of ADFF |
| Austria's Ultimatum | 30 days or else Austria/Hungary would declare war |
| Germany Blank Check | A/H asks Germany if they would support them if Serbia failed to comply with the ultimatum and they said yes |
| Members of Central Powers | Germany, Austria/ Hungary, and Ottoman Empire |
| Allied Powers | GB, France, Russia, Belgium, Serbia |
| Battle of Marne | trench warfare began; Italy joins allies |
| Battle of Verdun | 400,000 French casualties, 350,000 German casualties; ended in a stalemate |
| Battle of the Somme | major allied assault- also remained a stalemate |
| Lenin | Russian communist in 1917 |
| Treaty of Brest Litovsk | treaty that makes it so that Russia drops out of war |
| Lusitania | cruise ship blown up by the Germans |
| Zimmerman Note | Germany tries to get mexico to invade US, US joins war |
| November 11, 1918 | date that the armistice is signed |
| Woodrow Wilson's Plan for Peace | believed focus should be on never letting another world war happen again; 14 points |
| League of Nations | international body created to promote peace |
| Balfour Declaration | great Britain promised Zionist movement a homeland |
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