Events 1879-1920 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
1879 | Germany signs military alliance with Austria-Hungary. |
1894 | Russia and France create the Franco-Russian alliance. |
1904 | Britain and France establish close relations through the entente cordiale. |
1905 | Germany challenges French-English relations by calling Morrocan independance from France. |
1912-1913 | Two Balkin wars contribute to Russian and Serbian hostility towards Austria. |
June 1914 | Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated by Bosnian terorrist in Sarajevo. |
August 1914 | Germany declares war on France and Russia; England declares war on Germany. |
September 1914 | Battle of the Marne stops German advance in France and leads to trench warfare on the Western front. |
1916 | Battles of Verdun and Somme confirm military stalemate in France. |
March 1917 | Revolution in Russia overthrows Tsar Nicholas II; provisional government takes power and continues the war. |
April 1917 | United States declares war on Germany. |
November 1917 | British issues "Balfour Declaration," promising support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine. |
March 1918 | Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ends war between Russia and Germany. |
November 1918 (A) | Collapse of German and Austrain Empires. |
November 1918 (B) | Armistice ends the fighting on the Western front. |
March 1919 | Western Allies complete the Versailles Treaty, creating new nations in eastern Europe; Germany is charged with "war guilt" and reparations. |
1920 | Treaty of Sèvres breaks up the Ottoman Empire and leads to British and French "mandates" in Middle East. |
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