World+War+1

Colleen Adams


 * WWI**

Balkan crisis – Greece, disabled area created, annex Serbia, led to WW1 Mobilization – getting troops (armies) together Ultimatums – Austria to Serbia Central Powers – Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria Allies – Russia, Britain, France, U.S. and Italy Conscription Immediate cause of WWI – assassination of Archduke Ferdinand “blank check” – Austria-Hungary could rely on Germanys “fill support” Black Hand – a group that wanted a Pan-Slavic kingdom Franz Ferdinand – assassinated from Austria killed by Serbian terrorist Gavrillo Princip – killed Ferdinand was part of the Black Hand Schlieffen Plan – Germany enter neutral Belgium, surrounds France, but Great Britain and Russia got involver General Joseph Joffre – French, stopped the Germans at the first battle of the Marne New technologies of WWI – new weapon, bigger and better guns Trench warfare – the way they fought, didn’t gain much territory this way, horrible, many died
 * Beginning**


 * Middle**

Lusitania – the cruise ship that got sunken Unrestricted Submarine Warfare – use of the submarines were not allowed but they still used them, German used them Entrance of the US – submarine warfare, from Lusitania Woodrow Wilson – made Fourteen Points (lasting peace) Lawrence of Arabia – wanted Princes to overthrow Arabia Battles of: Marne – river, where a battle was, British and France surprise attack on Germany Verdun – Germans attacked town and it got destroyed Gallipoli – Austria, trench warfare, Russia won 2nd Battle Marne – last war in WW1 Home Front – women worked more, got paid less Total war – all of Europe and U.S. was in war Geroges Clemenceau – French leader, made police enforce the laws more W.Rathenau D.L.George – ministry of commissions DORA – Defense of the Realm act Propaganda – to have men go to fight and families pay for war Women’s role during War – worked more in jobs they normally wouldn’t have Right to vote – got to vote till men got home Nicholas II – fell back on Russian armies and position in power was questioned Duma International Women’s Day Mensheviks – political party that wanted the Social Democrats to be a mass electoral socialist party, based on Western model Bolsheviks ‘Peace, Land, Bread’ March Revolution – series of strikes in Petrograd, riots about bread pricing by women who started the revolution Alexander Kerensky Alexandra Kollantai’s reforms – Bolshevik program for women’s rights and social welfare Admiral Kochak Leon Trotsky Vladimir Lenin – assumed leadership of the Bolshevik wing of the Russian Social Democratic Party
 * Rasputin
 * General Denikin

Cheka "Peace and bread" – a saying that the Bolsheviks (?) used "April Theses" Treaty of Brest-Litovsk – communist government signed, Germany gave up eastern Poland, Ukraine, Finland, and the Baltic provinces Big Four Fourteen Points – Wilson’s plea for lasting peace = Paris Peace Conference = Treaty of Versailles – treaty of Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire, contained Article 231 League of Nations Article 231
 * End**
 * Red Army
 * New nations created at end of WWI