HIST 262 Midterm: Study Guide
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Triple alliance- germany, italy, austria-hungary; rival to triple entente. Triple entente- great britain, russia, and france; rival to triple alliance. July crisis (1914)- assassination of arch duke franz ferdinand in sarajevo. Total war- the mobilization of an entire society to war. Marne- battle of the great war; french blocked germany and plan failed. Gallipoli- 1915 campaign to open a route to russia. Bolshevik revolution- central power; easter uprising; (independence from great britain); the return of lenin in petrograd; abdication of tsar nicholas; february revolution and. Vladimir lenin- communist, executed nicholas ii and his family; his army was the red army in the russian civil war 1918-1920; creates new economic policy (nep) which allowed smaller industries to return to private property businesses. Treaty of brest-litovsk- occurred during the bolshevik revolution. Fourteen points- us declares war on germany in 1917; list of points for war with most important being self-determination.
