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The Great War

• What were the causes and effects of The War to
  End All Wars?

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Assassination leads to War

• June 28th 1914
• Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz
  Ferdinand

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Alliances

• France, Russia, Great Britain
• Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

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Alliances

• Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman
  Empire
• Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia

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Militarism
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Schlieffen Plan

• Defeat Russia Quickly and then turn efforts to
  France

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Battles
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Battles

• Battle of Frontiers- 1914 Early German victory
  versus Great Britain and France
• Battle of Tannenberg- 1914 Russians defeated by
  German Army
• Battle of Marne- 1914 British and French
  counterattack pushes German troops back, Germans
  dig trenches
• Italian Front- 1915 Italy enters war against
  Austria-Hungary
• Battle of Verdun- 1916 Germany versus France-
  over 400,000 casualties
• Battle of Somme- 1916 Britain versus Germany-
  60,000 British casualties on first day.
• Battle of Ypres- 1917 British versus Germany near
  Belgium front lines did not change
• Gallipoli- Allies versus Ottoman Empire 200,000
  casualties
• Armenian Massacre- Ottoman Empire practices
  genocide against Christian Armenians

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Total War
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Quiz

• Triple Alliance
• Triple Entente
• Central Powers
• Allied Powers
• Gavrilo Princip
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• Why did an assassination lead the major European
  nations into war?
• What was the impact of new types of warfare and
  new technologies on World War I?

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Russia and World War I

• What was the significance of the Russian
  Revolution on World War I and on World History?

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What was Russias experience in World War I?

• Bolsheviks vs. Nicholas II
• 6 Million Soldiers
• Insufficient Factories
• Transportation Issues
• Outdated Military
• Poor Leadership
• Tremendous Costs
• Czar takes control
• Czarina Alexandra and Grigory Rasputin

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What were the main events of the Russian
Revolution?

• March Revolution 1917- Nicolas II abdicates
• Aleksandr Kerensky leads provisional government
• Bolshevik Revolution- November 1917 called
  October Revolution from the Old Russian calendar
• Vladimir Lenin in control
• No Private Property- land given to peasants
• Government owned factories given to the workers

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What were the main events that took place after
the Russian Revolution?

• Leon Trotsky signs treaty ending Russias
  participation in WWI
• Red Army vs White Army/Civil War
• USSR formed in 1922, Lenin dies in 1924

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The War Ends

• What led to the end of World War I and how was
  peace achieved?

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Why did the United States enter the war?

• Woodrow Wilson- He kept us out of war
• Election of 1916
• Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
• U-Boats
• Lusitania
• Zimmerman Note

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What events led to the end of the fighting?

• New German Offensive- March 1918
• Second Battle of the Marne
• Armistice

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What issues made the peace process difficult?

• 14 Points
• Big Four
• Woodrow Wilson
• Georges Clemenceau
• Vittorio Orlando
• David Lloyd George
• Treaty of Versailles
• War Guilt Clause
• Reparations
• Military Limits
• League of Nations
• Mandates
• Balfour Declaration

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What were the costs of war?

• 9 Million soldiers
• 13 Million Citizens
• Flu epidemic- 50 Million people
• 332 Billion estimated costs
• Austria-Hungary and ottoman Empire dissolved
• Russian Monarchy overturned
• New Countries in Europe and Middle East
• Colonies in Africa and Asia

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Quiz

• What was the significance of the Russian
  Revolution on World War I and on World History?
• What led to the end of World War I and how was
  peace achieved?

• Bolsheviks
• Grigory Rasputin
• Vladimir Lenin
• Woodrow Wilson
• U-Boats
• Zimmerman Note
• 14 Points
• Treaty of Versailles
• Balfour Declaration