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Causes WWI & USA
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Neutrality | To not take sides in a war |
| Pacifist | someone who wants peace and no war |
| The Lusitania | A British passenger ship sunk by a Germnan submarine. 128 Americans were killed and Americans were very angry |
| Sussex Pledge | German promise to warn merchant and passenger ships before they are sunk. Americans hoped this would protect lives and keep the US out of the war. |
| “unrestricted submarine warfare” | German U-boats (submarines) would attack ANY ship that entered or left British ports- even ships of neutral countries like the US. - Ends the Sussex Pledge |
| Zimmermann Note | Secret proposal from Germany to Mexico to make an alliance. If Mexico agreed to be an ally of Germany, Mexico would get land back from the USA.- This alliance never happens. |
| 1917 Communist Revolution in Russia | Russia signs a peace treaty with Germany and leaves the war. This allows the Germans to only fight on the western front. |
| What does MANIA stand for? | Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination |
| danger of militarism? | militaries would be tempted to show their strength in war |
| militarism | the race between rival nations to build the best and strongest militaries (army & navy) |
| alliances | agreements between countries to protect each other in case of an attack |
| danger of alliances? | If one country attacked another country, it would lead to a multi-country war (world war) - they would be forced to support and defend their alliances |
| Allied Nations were also known as the______ | Triple Entente |
| Central Powers were also known as the ____ | Triple Alliance |
| List the Allied Nations (Triple Entente) | Great Britain, France, Russia |
| List the Central Powers (Triple Alliance) | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy |
| Nationalism | a feeling of intense loyalty to one's country or group |
| self-determinism | ethnic groups demanded independent nations of their own |
| Why was the Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated? | Gavrillo Princip (shooter) was from Bosnia, and Bosnia wanted to be independent from Austria-Hungary |
| Imperialism | competition between nations to have the most colonies around the world (stronger countries taking over weaker countries) |
| Assassination | killing a prominent (important/famous) person for either political, religious, or monetary ($) reasons |
| "spark" that started WWI | assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
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jmartinich36
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