WWI Causes
An agreement made between two or more countries to give each other help if needed.
What is an alliance?
France and England fought on the side of the Triple ____________.
What is Entente?
The United States entered on the side of the Triple __________.
What is Entente?
The name of the treaty that ended WWI and made several harsh demands of Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles.
How did the reparations in the Treaty of Versailles help to create the conditions for WWII?
The reparations made the Germany economy worse. The government began printing more money to pay them, but this triggered hyperinflation, making their money lose all its value. This created desperate situation for many Germans. Desperate people do desperate things.
When the military is given high priority by the government.
What is militarism?
This country changed sides at the outset of the war.
What is Italy?
When war broke out in Europe, the United States initially maintained a position of not taking sides, also known as a policy of ____________.
What is Neutrality?
Germany was required to pay France and Great Britain for damages done during the war - otherwise known as paying _________________.
What are reparations?
Why did the United States sign a separate peace with Germany at the end of WWI?
Because the president felt the measures of the treaty were too harsh and would create the conditions for another war.
Being a strong supporter of the rights and interests of one's own nation, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
What is nationalism?
Another name for the Triple Entente.
What is the Allied Powers?
The sinking of this ocean passenger liner began the shift of public opinion in the United States against Germany.
What is the Lusitania?
When there is too much printed money in circulation, the price of goods goes up rapidly in response, decreasing the “value” of money, also known as _________________.
What is hyperinflation?
How does the sinking of the Lusitania affect American Neutrality?
The U.S. believed Great Britain when they said there were no weapons aboard the ship. Thus when Germany sank the ship, killing nearly 1200 civilians, 159 of which were American, public opinion in the United States began to turn against Germany.
When a country takes over new lands or countries and makes them subject to their rule.
What is imperialism?
The Triple Alliance, consisting of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, was also known as the _________ Powers.
What was the Central Powers.
Germany sent a request to their representative in Mexico to see if they would join the war against the United States if the United States declared war on Germany. This is known as ______________.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
America tried to help Germany by loaning them money through this plan _____________________.
What is the Dawes Plan?
What was the flaw in the Dawes Plan?
It was dependent upon the health of the United States Economy.
This crisis ended when France offered Germany part of the French Congo in exchange for not supporting the independence movement of one of France's colonies.
What is the Moroccan crisis?
This president refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Woodrow Wilson's plans for peace (including a League of Nations) and the goals of the United States in entering the war.
What are the Fourteen Points?
The main cause of the Stock Market crash October 29, 1929.
What is speculation?