By: Ayla Mulvey The Allied Forces formerly the Triple Entente were Great Britain, France and Russia. Incorporated territory into an existing political unit, such as a city or country. The United States annexed Hawaii, and Austria- Hungry annexed Bosnia. The heir to the Hapsburg throne of Austria- Hungary, assassinated by Gavrilo Princip on June 28 th His assassination started World War One. A truce or agreement to end fighting They began as a small faction of a Marxist party called the Russian Social Democrats, who came under leadership of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin Bulgaria entered the war on the side of the Central Powers; Germany, Austria- Hungary and Turkey a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires that took place along the Western Front around Christmas 1914 Russian for Caesar, the title used by Russian emperors A large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, that controls many people or territories In 1867 Austria enacted a constitution that set up a parliamentary system with ministerial responsibility, Francis Joseph ignored the system and appointed and dismissed his own ministers and issued decrees. In power from , nearly 70 years. The Allies tried to open a Balkan front by landing forces at Gallipoli which is southwest of Constantinople A 19-year-old Bosnian Serb who was a conspirator & member of the Black Hand (a Serbian terrorist organization that wanted Bosnia to be free of Austria-Hungary) assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. An association of countries established in 1919 by the Treaty of Versailles to promote international cooperation and achieve international peace and security British passenger ship that was sunk by a German submarine in May 1915 Reliance in military strength You should know what this is by now. Refusal to take sides or become involved in wars between other nations Began his rule in 1894 believing that the absolute power of the czars should be preserved. Assassinated along with his family in 1918. Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause A payment made to the victor by the vanquished to cover the costs of a war Also called the Bolshevik Revolution or the October Revolution, it played a very important role in world history and also a major role in the history of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. promise given by the German government to the United States of America on May 4th 1916 in response to US demands relating to the conduct of the First World War. See PowerPoint for more details See WWI summary powerpoint Fighting from ditches protected by barbed wire a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink merchant and other ships without warning The leader of the Bolsheviks, under his direction, the Bolsheviks became a party dedicated to violent revolution A war based on wearing the other side down by constant attacks and heavy losses His basic plan for a peace settlement that he believed justified the enormous military struggle being waged President of the United States during World War I (March 4,1913- March 3,1921) said that all men and women who remain to till the soil and man the factories are no less a part of the army than the men beneath the battle flags 1917 diplomatic proposal from the German Empire to Mexico to make war against the United States, a secret communication from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmerman to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt In it, Germany offered Mexico all the land from Texas to California that it had lost in the Mexican American War of See next slide for NY Times headline