Chapter 25
According to the text allied intervention in the Russian civil waf
Helped the bolsheviks who could appeal to patriotic nationalism against the allies
What did Germany's auxiliary service law require?
It required all men between seventeen and sixty to work
Which of the following best characterizes the February revolution in Russia in 1917
It was the result of an unplanned uprising of people in the capital
Germany's initial offensive was stopped on the outskirts of Paris at the battle of
The Marne
What happened to the Ukraine and Belarus that the Soviet Union seceded to Germany in the treaty of Brest litovsk
The Soviet Union reconquered thise territories during its civil war
Woodrow Wilson's fourteen points called for all of the following except
The establishment of League of Nations
Generally, the offensives on the western front
were depressingly similar slaughters of massed infantry units
What did the Petrograd Soviet Army Order No. 1 state?
Military officers were stripped of their authority and power was placed in the hands of elected committees of soldiers.
Why did war in the balkans appear inevitable from 1900-1914
Ottoman Empire had been forced to give up its territory in the region leading to growing ethnic nationalism
Following the First World War, one of the most difficult domestic problems faced by governments was...
Providing care for the large number of injured veterans.
What were both of the two-front wars that military planners had anticipated prior to the First World War?
Russia had assumed a two-front war against Germany and Austria-Hungary and Germany had assumed a two-front war against Russia and France.
Following the war the principle of national self Determination was floored and its application and all the following ways except
The victorious powers sought to create puppet states throughout central Europe
How did the war on the Eastern front differ from the war on the Western front?
The war on the Eastern front remained more mobile, with Germany in a more dominant position.
How did the moderate Social Democrats in Germany put down the radical communist Spartacist Uprising?
They called on bands of demobilized soldiers called Free Corps to crush the uprising.
What was the primary political weakness of the white forces as they fought against the Bolsheviks
They had a poorly defined political program that failed to unite the enemies of the Bolsheviks.
At the Paris peace conference French premier George's Clemenceau
Wanted to create a buffer state between Germany and France
How did the western powers react to the declarations of independence by Syria and Iraq shortly following the first world war
Western powers invaded the two regions and defeated the independence movements.
The immediate cause of British entry into the First World War was
the German invasion of neutral Belgium
The war affected women in all of the following ways except...
A new image emerged that highly restricted women's sexuality and public appearance in the new work environment and public places.
As the war began, how did leading politicians and intellectuals present the war to their publics?
As a test of national power
How did Lenin respond to the peasants' seizure of land when he rose to power in 1917?
He mandated land reform in order to offer his approval for what the peasants had already done.
Grigori Rasputin was assassinated by
Members of the high aristocracy
What was the principle of national self determination that Woodrow Wilson promoted
People should be able to choose their own national government through a democratic process and live free from outside interference.
Why did the German military command recommence submarine warfare in the Atlantic ..
The believed improved submarines could..
Germany's last, all out effort for victory on the western front was defeated in 1918 at
The second battle of the Marne
After the conclusion of world war 1 Austria Hungary
Broke apart into several nation states
During the first world war the African colonial subjects of Britain and France
Generally supported their foreign masters.
What part of Bismarck's alliance system did William II abandon?
Germany's non-aggression pact with Russia.
Tensions between Germany and Great Britain in the first decade of the 1900s were raised by all of the following except
Great Britain's new tariffs that prevented the import of German chemical products
Walter Rathenau is remembered for his
Role in Germany's total war mobilization.
How did Lenin and the Bolsheviks' view of the Marxian party in Russia differ from the Mensheviks' view of the party?
The Bolsheviks wanted a small, disciplined party, while the Mensheviks wanted a democratic party with mass membership.
Throughout the First World War, what mistake did military commanders repeatedly make?
They attempted to mount massive offensives designed to break through entrenched lines.
