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Chapter 23 WW1
Chapter 23
Question | Answer |
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Air Warfare | 1915- used to spot enemy position, then later used to attack ground targets |
Battle of the Marne | turned into a stalemate because both France and Germany couldn't dislodge eachother from the trenches they had dug for safety. |
Central Powers | Germany, Austria-hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. |
Conscription | military draft -established as a regular practice in many western countries. |
Fourteen Points | -Basis for Peace Settlement -Peace agreement- open war, not secret -reduction of arms |
Militarism | agressive preparation for war |
Mobilization | Assembling troops and supplies for war. - 1914-considered an act of war |
Paris Peace Conference | French leader Clemen wants Germany weapons free and wants money due to damages. -Compromise- Wilson has to give into territory demands -Germany and Russia were not allowed at conference |
Propoganda | ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause. |
Schlieffen Plan | -General Alfred Schlieffen- called for a 2 front war with France and Russia -Attack France and then destroy Russia |
The Black Hand | Serbian terrorist organization - planned to kill the Arche-duke and his wife |
Total War | Complete mobilization of resources and people |
Treaty of Versailles | -Article 231- war guilt cause- Germany and Austria had to take blame for starting war -4 componets- Germany has to pay reparations, reduce army to 100,000, reduce navy, eliminate entire airforce |
Trench Warfare | trained to fight wars of movement and maneuver |
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare | Used by the German Navy to enforce its blockade against Britain. |
V.I Lenin | Believed the Bolsheviks should work towards gaining control of the groups (soldiers,peasants), then use them to overthrow provisional government. |
War of Attrition | War based on wearing the other side down by constant attacks and heavy losses. |
Woodrow Wilson | U.S president during WWI, "everyone is a part of the war." |