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The revolts lead to German national unity and other places seeking independence.
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The significance of this event was that it caused France to hate Germany until about 1914 and caused France to lose valuable iron ore deposits in the Alsace Lorraine territory.
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This lead to Germany to become the most advanced country in Europe.
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This alliance was between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. If Italy was ever attacked by France without Italy provoking them, then Germany and Austria-Hungary would assist them. Italy would do the same if Germany was attacked, and if Austria-Hungary was ever attacked by Russia, Italy promised to stay neutral.
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This war was between the Russian empire and the Japanese empire. The reason this was significant is because the Japanese, a non-European power, defeated a European power in the modern era.
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Similar to the triple alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, the triple entente alliance was between the Russian empire, the French Republic, and the U.K. This served as a counter to the other triple alliance and some historians speculate that this could have started the war as well.
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This lead to Austrian fears of Russian expansion in this area.
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This was the event that was said to have started World War One.
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One month after Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, Austria declared war on Serbia, thus beginning the First World War.
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This was between Russian forces and Germany, who won the battle. This was significant because it was the wars first major battle in the east.
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This alliance was formed in order to help the collapsing Ottoman Empire and to allow Germany a safe and easy passage into British colonies.
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This was Germany's plan of attack on France and Russia, but also led to Britain declaring war on Germany.
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This was considered important because it helped Russian forces in defending against Germany.
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This battle was the first victory for the allies in World War One. It also saved Paris, and put and end to Germany's plan to take over France.
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This happened during the battle of Tannenberg, where the Russian troops ran out of ammunition and were left only to use their bayonets. Although the Russians had great amounts of courage, they still lost to the Germans giving them the victory in the first major battle in the east.
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The significance of submarine warfare beginning is that it was good at disturbing the flow of merchant marines. This also gave the Germans a head start and an advantage in the war.
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This was the result of British landing on the Gallipoli peninsula and planning to shorten the war by knocking out Turkey and to give Russia ammunition.
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Not only was this a loss for the British, it also showed how the use of submarine warfare was increasing.
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This was the longest battle and had many casualties for the French army. The outcome of this battle is what prompted Britain to begin the battle of Somme.
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This battle left the Germans navy was never in a position again to go out in the seas during the war.
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This battle had no clear reason of the way the war was fought but it did kill almost 300,000 people on both sides. Although, some historians say that it greatly weakened Germany's army.
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Lenin led what was known as the October Revolution, which was simply a coup d'état.
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This was a telegram that was sent from Germany to the German ambassador in Mexico asking for an alliance in a future US-German war. Britain intercepted it and gave the news to the U.S. and prepared the United States in case of a war.
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Tsar Nicolas II abdicating led to Russia receiving a provincial government and kept them out of costly battles caused by Nicolas.
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The United States declares war on Germany after Woodrow Wilson asked congress.
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This battle involved Canadians capture the city of Passchendaele, which was taken over by the Germans.
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Over time the Bolshevik party refused to share power with any other revolutionary groups and eventually suppressed any rival political organizations.
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This led to the foundation of the Jewish threat that was threatening world peace. Although it led to the formation of the Jewish state of Israel.
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The October Revolution led to a Russian civil war and led to Russia becoming the first communist state.
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This epidemic was so significant because it killed more people than World War One.
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These fourteen points were proposed by president Woodrow Wilson were created in order to give courage to the allied forces.
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This was a peace treaty that ended Russia's participation in World War One.
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This was one of the treaties that end the world war and forced Germany to pay reparations to France.
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The German emperor who some blame for having Germany be involved in the world war was forced to abdicate.
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This is the treaty signed by Germany, that ultimately ended the war.
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This is another one of the treaties that ended the war.
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This laid the groundwork for the League of Nations.
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This new policy was created by Lenin and made Russia more capitalized.
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Stalin instills fear into millions around the world but also kills millions himself.
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Trotsky lived his life in many other countries after being expelled from Russia for his radicalism.
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After over 90 years of paying it off, Germany finally paid the last amount of their reparation to France in 2010.