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world war 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| consequences | results; aftermath; outcome of an event |
| short term consequences | happened close to the event |
| long term consequences | happened farther away from the event |
| Russian Revolution | 1917 Russia having problems; government overthrown new government made by Lenin pulled Russia out of world war |
| women's role in war | nurses, drivers and spies at the front line |
| Event that made USA declare war | sinking of the Lusitania in 1917; troops arrived in Europe in 1918 |
| women's role at home while men were fighting the war | bus drivers, post women, coal women and munitions workers...nicknamed canaries b/c yellow pigment from TNT tinted their skin |
| when were women granted right to vote and why? | 1920 b/c of the work they did during the war |
| when did the war end? | 11th hour of the 11th day 1918 |
| Spanish flu | fatal epidemic that hit Europe at end of war killing millions |
| What 4 people met at the Palace of Versailles in 1919? | Lloyd George of England; Orlando of Italy; Clemenceau of France; Woodrow Wilson of USA to sort out problems from the war |
| Who was blamed for causing World War I? | Germans and they had to pay for all the damages |
| what was the League of Nations and why was it created? | for nations to discuss their problems rather than resort to conflict; did not work, but lead to the development of today's United Nations |
| keeping the peace | 1920s &1930s US stayed out of European affairs Britain and France created policy of Appeasement to avoid war at all cost 1930s Britain gave Hitler what he wanted to avoid war |
| Hitler | came to power 1933 with promise to get revenge for Treaty of Versailles and what it did to Germany his rise to power and WW2 resulted from WWI |
| Benito Mussolini | 1922 ruled Italy as a dictator |
| short term consequences of WWI | women took men's jobs while they fought; peace treaty at Versailles, France in June 1919; lands, villages & towns in Belgium and France destroyed; millions of soldiers killed; food shortages became worse in last days of war |
| long term consequences of WWI | rise of Hitler and Nazi's in 1930s; outbreak of WW2 in 1939; bodies of soldiers in France and Belgium are still being found today; USA joined Allies in 1941 in WW2 |
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