History Chapter 14

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From 1917 to 1921, Russia had gone from a monarchy to

A centralized state

Britain got involved in the war because it was ______.

An ally of Belgium

Because of Rasputin's influence on the czar and the court, Russian aristocrats

Assassinated Rasputin

The spark that caused the start of World War I was ______

Assassination of Ferdinand

Before the war, the _____________ was a place of fighting and political instability.

Balkan Peninsula

SA: How were the White forces and the anti-Leninist socialists different?

Both opposed the communists but WF were loyal to the czar. Anti-lenisits wanted a socialist state but not run by Lenin.

Russians suffered badly in the war because they ______.

Did not have supplies to fight a modern war

Which of the following did the Big Three agree to at the Paris Peace Conference?

Established the League of Nations

SA: What roles did the assassination of Francis Ferdinand and the existence of prior military plans play in leading quickly to the outbreak of World War I?

Ferdinand was in Serbia. Prior military plans quickly escalated into war.

What happened to the war on the Western Front as a result of trench warfare?

Fighting became a statement

Shortly after it was formed, who did the new German Social Democratic government face challenges from?

German communists Party

The Treaty of Versailles was a peace settlement with

Germany, Austria Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey

The Triple Alliance was made up of ______.

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

With great success, the new government used war communism to

Get necessary supplies to the troops

SA: What was war communism, and why was it important?

Gout controls most industrial, seized grain centralized state administration to leap the red army supplied.

SA: What did Wilson hope to accomplish by creating the League of Nations?

Hope to foster cooperation between nations, prevent future wars and to promote democracy and self-determination.

SA: Why did technology make it difficult for armies on the Western Front to mount a successful offensive attack?

Industrialized weapons could repel any offensive

Which territories did Britain govern as mandates?

Iraq and Palestine

Why did Lenin sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany?

Lenin promised to pull out of the war

Governments controlled dissent and censored the news in order to

Maintain high morale and support for the ear

The Treaty of Versailles declared that Germany had to

Make reparations had to pay for the war

Why was "no-mans-land" so dangerous?

Many were killed

The sinking of the Lusitania helped draw the United States into the war because More

More than 100 Americans died.

SA: What factors contributed to the start of WWI?

Nationalism, Imperialism, Military Alliances, Internal Dissent

Why did both the Allies and the Central Powers welcome new allies to their side?

Needed the help from allies

SA: Why did trench warfare develop on the Western Front but not on the Eastern Front?

Neither side could mount a successful offensive

The war aided the women's movement because...

New independence

What made trench warfare much more dangerous for soldiers?

New weapons

The Treaty of Versailles created new nations, including:

Poland

What happened after the Bolsheviks seized the Winter Palace?

Provisional gout collapsed

To gain Arab support against the Ottoman Turks during the war, the Allies had promised to

Recognize the independence of Arab states in the Ottoman Empire.

Germany fought _________ on the Eastern Front and the _______ on the Western Front.

Russian ---- French

The war became a total war in which wartime governments

Set up planned economics

After emperor William II fled Germany in 1918, the country formed a

Social Democratic Republic

SA: How might internal dissent in European states have led to WWI?

Some leaders entered the war to suppress disorder in their country

The Bolsheviks worked to gain control of

The Soviets

Military opposition to the Red Army came from

The Ukrainians

What was one major cause of the Russian Revolution in 1917?

The czar's decisions on the economy and the war

On November 11, 1918, which of the following signed an armistice?

The new German government

SA: What grievances did the Russian people have with the provisional government?

The war caused great suffering and became unpopular causing the czar to shut down

A civil war began in Russia because many groups opposed the new Bolshevik government, including

The white forces

SA: Why did German military leaders return Lenin to Russia?

To create disorder in Russia and cause them to pull out of the war

The purpose of Europe's military alliances was to ______.

To keep the peace by creating a balance of power

Why did the Allies have troops stationed in Russia?

Wanted to bring Russia back into the war

Which type of warfare is based on wearing down the other side with constant attacks and heavy losses?

War of attrition

SA: How did the war on the Eastern Front differ from the war on the Western Front?

Western Front was a stalemate, Russia was defeated in the east.

SA: What happened in Germany after its military defeat?

William 2 Left Germany, Social Democrats formed a republic, communists tried to seize power to a fear among the working class.

What effect did the war have on women's jobs?

Women filled in for men

German General Ludendorff decided to make a final offensive on the Western Front to

end the military stalemate with the allies

Trench warfare consisted of

fighting from ditches protected by barbed wire fence

The United States entered the war largely over the issue of

unrestricted submarine warfare


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