History Exam Review Unit 1 Ultimatum - a demand that one country accept another country’s terms or face war - Austria-Hungary sent Serbia an ultimatum that they did not accept‚ giving Austria an excuse to enter Serbia - this officially started WWI Lusitania - a British luxury liner - it was torpedoed by a German U-boat and brought the U.S. into WW1 War Measures Act - an act that took away the civil
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Governments Political effects of WWI were devastating › Tsarist regime (Nicholas II and the Romanovs) in Russia was overthrown by the Bolshevik Revolution (1917) › Kaiser Wilhelm II was forced to abdicate (1918) Revolution seemed a genuine threat in every European capital. Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) Became President of USA in 1913 Made decision to bring USA into WWI in 1917 Considered himself to be mediator between rival European nations after WWI Created the Fourteen Points to help
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shockingly assassinated by a Serbian native Gravilo Princip. This occurrence led to which we all know as World War 1. This incident struck worldwide as to where many countries took notice as established to declare war. The first country to do so was Austria-Hungary declaring on Serbia in July 28. Different countries declared war amongst each other which continued until late August in 1914. By then‚ the nation was under full effect as 3rd world countries declared war and allies were tagging along to destroy
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Germany‚ Britain‚ Italy‚ and Austria with many soldiers as well J Oversized militaries + power-hungry leaders = chaos K Mini-summary: The steady growth of number of all the nation’s military men was causing an uproar‚ causing military leaders to mobilize more men and create new plans. L The Outbreak of War: The Summer of 1914 M Rivalry between Austria-Hungary and Russia i. Domination issues ii. Tensions iii. Mistrust/Hatred N Crisis: 1908-1913 O Association of Austria Archduke and his wife assassinated
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undescribed‚ indescribable‚ incomprehensible nothing”. However‚ in this essay we are going to try to understand‚ explore and critically discuss the nature of this concept using two different examples from the late 19th and 20th century history – the pre-WWI conditions and the Cold War. To begin with‚ the 19th century was marked by stability and absence of warfare thanks to the desire to create equilibrium‚ peace and constrain international violence after the final defeat of Napoleon I in 1815. The attempt
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Prior to 1900’s * Unequal Treaties unfair for China * Qing Dynasty (1644 1912) * 1842: War over trade Britons want to trade Chinese opium for their tea C don’t want opium B and C battle it out C lose disastrously leads to Treaty of Nanjing: B gets Hong Kong starts to take over parts of China * extraterritoriality: citizens of ruling country abide by their own country’s laws * Most Favored Nation status: * 1844: Treaty of Whampoa French open up
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belligerents (remember: it began as six nations‚ but more joined later) of WWI‚ match them to the correct alliance (pages 78 and map on 85). Triple Alliance (Central Powers) Triple Entente (Allies) Belligerent Nations England; Germany; Russia; Austria-Hungary; Italy; France; The Ottoman Empire; The United States B: Complete the correct order of events. There are 13 events listed in the left column; place the number in which the events of WWI occurred in the right column. Number one is done for you. Events:
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Introduction World War I. Everyone know about it‚ some people even know all lot about it. But what many people don’t know‚ are the reasons why it started. The most obvious and widely accepted reason of the start of the First World War‚ (also known as the Great War‚ especially pre-WWII) is the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. However‚ while this is still one the causes of World War I‚ it is certainly not the main one. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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say Germany for Germans only. Get rid of everyone else. Germans started the nationalism. Example: ‚ there were slavs in Austria‚ Russian and Poland. So the said‚ we are going to get together and get away from Austria‚ Russia and Poland and make our own country. They called that movement Pan-slavism. This is nationalism. Clear as mud? And of course‚ Austria Russia and Poland did not like that one bit. ya my teacher has a list of ten things for possible causes of ww1 and destruction
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United Kingdom‚ and Georges Clemenceau of France were all present to re-draw the map of the world‚ introducing a highly controversial treaty that protected their interests‚ but pointed all blame to the ‘Triple Alliance‚’ consisting of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy. The Treaty of Versailles is the peace treaty that directly affects and ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
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