Chapter 33
Although he called himself a Marxist, Lenin, unlike Marx, believed that the revolution
would be led by a small, highly-disciplined party acting on behalf of the workers.
What technology was used in WW1?
machine guns armored tanks airplanes poisonous gas
What effect did World War I have on the status of women?
reduce China to the status of a Japanese protectorate.
Compared to the western front, fighting on the eastern front wa
more fluid, as the Germans made inroads into Russia.
The rivalry between Germany and Britain up to 1914 included
an expensive naval race. competition for foreign markets. tariff wars. competition for colonies in east and southwest Africa.
The provisional government lost the support of many Russians because it
promised to continue the war to victory.
Dreadnoughts were designed primarily to
protect merchant shipping and conduct high-seas battles.
The purpose of alliances such as the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente was to
provide mutual defense and support in case of attack.
In World War I, "no man's land" was the
deadly territory between opposing trenches.
The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand was the catalyst that started World War I because
his death brought to a head the tensions underlying the alliances in eastern and western Europe.
Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate when
troops garrisoned in the capital mutinied.
In addition to fighting off Allied forces, the Ottoman empire faced insurrection from the
Arabs
At the Paris Peace Conference,
Britain and France were determined to strip Germany of military power.
By the end of the nineteenth century, nationalistic movements resulted in independent sovereignty for
Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Greece NOT Ireland
Ten days that shook the world" is a reference to the
Russian revolution in November 1917.
The key factor in the decision of the U.S. to enter World War I was
Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare against the United States.
League of Nations
It was conceived by Woodrow Wilson. It was rejected by the U.S. Congress. It was designed to solve international disputes through arbitration. It had no power to enforce its decisions.
The German Schlieffen plan called for
a swift knockout of France, combined with defensive action against Russia.
The purpose of the Twenty-One Demands was to
reduce China to the status of a Japanese protectorate.
The battle of Gallipoli was significant in that
this British-directed debacle cost the lives of many Canadian, Australian, and New Zealander troops.
