Balfour Declaration
if Russia remains in World War I, Britain will help establish a Jewish homeland, for the Jews living in Russia.
Zimmerman Telegraph
a telegram that shows that Germany urged Mexico to attack the U.S.
Schlieffen Plan
Germany's plan to end the war in six weeks (FAIL).
Reparations
money paid by one country for the damages they have made in other countries because of war.
New Economic Plan
Vladamir Lenin's plan to introduce some aspects of capitalism and communism back into the society to improve it.
Mandate
a region administered by another country until it is judged ready for independence.
Kaiser Willhelm II
German Kaiser who gave up his throne when Germany was defeated in World War I.
Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungry, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
Balkan Peninsula
powder cake of Europe where World War I began.
Russian civil war
Mensheviks against the Bolsheviks
(Bolsheviks were successful and Lenin seizes power).
Eastern Front
Russia
Western Front
France
The BIg Four
Italy: Victorio Orlando, Britain: Lloyd George, France: Georges Clemenceau, U.S: Woodrow Wilison meet at Versailles to discuss the terms of the German peace settlement.
Nicholas II
-Last Czar of Russia
-Attempts to industrialize Russia (Sergi Witte: Czar's finance minister for industrialization)
-Borrowed money from foreign nations
-Raised taxes
-Hired experts
-BUilt trans Sibenon RR
Duma
Russian parliament
Mensheviks:
(White) led by Alexander Kerensky. They wanted to wait until proletariats were ready for revolution.
Bolsheviks
(Red) led by Lenin. They believed in an elite group of people who dedicated their lives to the revolution should occur immediately and this elite group would govern until Proletariat were ready to take over.
Underlying Causes of World War I
1. Militarism
2. Imperialism
3. Nationalism
4. Alliance
Luistania
Titanic's sister boat; sunken by German torpedo.
Bolshevik Revolution
the revolution that ended the leadership of the Provisional government and put the Bolsheviks in power
Peace Bread Land
Lenin promised the people of Russia Peace,Bread and Land during the Bolsheviks
Bloody Sunday
January 1905 Father Gapon led peasants and factory workers to the Czar's winter palace to ask for reforms and guards opened fire and killed many unarmed civilians
Fourteen Points (Woodrow Wilison)
-Right of self-determiniation
-Freedom of the seas and free trade
-Disarmament
-Fair Treatment of Colonial People
-Formation of the league of nations
November 11,1918
armistice signed and the fighting ended
Revolution of 1905
Russia lost to Japan in Russo-Japanese war which led to revolts and strikes all over russia
Valdamir Lenin
leader of Bolsheviks
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
treaty that took Russia out of World War I and gave much of its territory to Germany
War Communism
Lenin allowed aspects of capitalism into communism
Rasputin
man monk of Russia
Trench Warfare
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