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CLEP Western Civilization: WW 1 - Early 20th century

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1. A series of Anglo-French assaults on German entrenchments along the river Somme. A minimal amount of ground was gained at the cost of 1.12 million casualties in total






2. A continuation of the Philippine Revolution against Spanish rule. The Treaty of Paris (1898) transferred Philippine sovereignty from Spain to the United States but was not recognized by Filipino leaders - whose troops were in actual control of the en






3. The heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne; he married a commoner - which caused a great deal of controversy; assassinated in Sarajevo - Bosnia






4. Alliance that bound Britain and Japan to assist one another in safeguarding their respective interests in China and Korea. Directed against Russian expansionism in the Far East - it was a cornerstone of British and Japanese policy in Asia until after






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6. Leader of the Russian Bolsheviks






7. The battle in which the French army attacked the outside flank of the German forces that were marching near the east side of Paris toward Alsace-Lorraine






8. Supreme German Commander on the German Western Front






9. Huge German victory over invading Russian armies inn East Prussia - inflicting 78 -000 casualties at a cost of 5 -000. Russians began retreat after this battle






10. The government of Germany from 1919 to 1933






11. Leader of Russia's Provisional Government






12. Emperor of Germany; he fired Bismarck






13. (Russian: 'fist'): a wealthy or prosperous peasant - generally characterized as one who owned a relatively large farm and several head of cattle and horses and who was financially capable of employing hired labour and leasing land.






14. Provided that no territorial changes should take place in the Balkans without prior agreement and that Austria could annex Bosnia and Hercegovina when it wished; in the event of war between one party and a great power not party to the treaty - the ot






15. Germany's top aviator and leading ace in the First World War; aka 'The Red Baron'






16. Multilateral agreement attempting to eliminate war as an instrument of national policy. It was the most grandiose of a series of peacekeeping efforts after World War I.






17. Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWI






18. French General and Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe (except for American forces) in WWI






19. One of several major internal uprisings against Soviet rule in Russia after the Civil War (1918-20) - conducted by sailors from the Kronshtadt naval base.






20. One of the thirteen out of the Fourteen Points that was rejected: A free - open-minded - and absolutely impartial ________________ - based upon a strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of sovereignty the interests o






21. The group of Czechs who had been fighting on the side of Russia; they were given the freedom to leave Russia - but violent incidents that occurred during the evacuation led the Bolsheviks to order the legion's disarmament. The legionnaires then rebel






22. The agreement that concluded the first Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) - which ended in China's defeat; China had to recognize the independence of Korea - to cede Taiwan - the Pescadores Islands - and the South Manchurian Peninsula to Japan; to pay an in






23. Signed by the United States - Great Britain - Japan - France - and Italy - this agreement restricted the size of each country's navy






24. An intercepted German message that helped draw the United States into World War I (1914-1918). The message was an attempt by Germany to persuade Mexico to go to war against the United States






25. One of the thirteen out of the Fourteen Points that was rejected: _______ - the whole world will agree - must be evacuated and restored - without any attempt to limit the sovereignty which she enjoys in common with all other free nations. No other si






26. A secret agreement between Germany and Russia arranged by Otto von Bismarck. The treaty provided that each party would remain neutral if the other became involved in a war with a third great power and that this would not apply if Germany attacked Fra






27. One of the thirteen out of the Fourteen Points that was rejected: _________________ and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all the nations consenting to the peace and associating themselves for its maintenance.






28. President of United States from 1912-1920






29. Emperor of Austria-Hungary






30. An authorization granted by the League of Nations to a member nation to govern a former German or Turkish colony.






31. Controversial British commander on Western Front; the force behind the failed offensives during the battles of the Somme and Passchendaele






32. A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike. (Creation of the League of Nations)






33. Statement of British support for 'the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.' It was made in a letter from the British foreign secretary






34. Adolf Hitler's attempt to start an insurrection in Germany against the Weimar Republic on Nov. 8-9 - 1923. Hitler and his small Nazi Party associated themselves with General Erich Ludendorff - a right-wing German military leader of World War I






35. A series of letters exchanged during World War I - between Husayn ibn 'Ali - emir of Mecca - and Sir Henry McMahon - the British high commissioner in Egypt. In general terms - the correspondence effectively traded British support of an independent Ar






36. The Prussian strategy to attack France by going through Belgium - march from the west of Paris towards the French rear - and then crushing the French forces in the 'Nutcracker'






37. The economic policy of the government of the Soviet Union from 1921 to 1928 - representing a temporary retreat from its previous policy of extreme centralization and doctrinaire socialism.






38. This event marked the end of fighting in WWI






39. The insurrection by which Benito Mussolini came to power in Italy in late October 1922. The March marked the beginning of fascist rule and meant the doom of the preceding parliamentary regimes of socialists and liberals.






40. Itinerant monk - whose influence over Russia's royal family had a malign effect






41. First Lord of the Admiralty (later demoted) to fight in trenches - after which he was repromoted to his previous position






42. Second renegotiation of Germany's World War I reparation payments. A new committee - chaired by the American Owen D. Young - met in Paris on Feb. 11 - 1929 - to revise the Dawes Plan of 1924. Its report (June 7 - 1929) - accepted with minor changes -






43. Enormous but inconclusive naval confrontation between the German and British navies in the North Sea. 25 ships and 8 -000 sailors were lost with the British suffering the worst casualties; German fleet returned to its anchorage and never left port ag






44. The Last Tsar of Russia






45. German commander who was victorious over the Russians at the Battle of Tannenberg






46. One of the thirteen out of the Fourteen Points that was rejected: Rumania - Serbia - and Montenegro should be evacuated; occupied territories restored; ______ accorded free and secure access to the sea; and the relations of the several Balkan states






47. One of the thirteen out of the Fourteen Points that was rejected: A _________________ should be effected along clearly recognizable lines of nationality.






48. An excellent American rifleman who earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for single-handedly capturing a small division of German soldiers






49. One of the thirteen out of the Fourteen Points that was rejected: All ____________ should be freed and the invaded portions restored - and the wrong done to France by Prussia in 1871 in the matter of Alsace-Lorraine - which has unsettled the peace of






50. German admiral - the chief builder of the German Navy in the 17 years preceding World War I and a dominant personality of the emperor William II's reign.