Causes WW1
Explain militarism
a policy of building up a strong military to prepare for warm (countries spend lots of their money in the military)
Explain alliances
agreements between nations to provide aid and protect one another (huge cause, if one country declares war, its allies will go and fight with that one country that declared war. Something smart would be to have secret alliances)
On which side was Belgium at the time of their rape?
Neither, they were neutral.
What is Verdun
A small city on France
Which was the positive outcome of the war
Many countries became independent after the war (for example Serbia, Montenegro, Latvia, Estonia; from empires like Austria-Hungary and Russia)
Nationalism
Nationalism- extreme pride in one’s country
Countries that formed the triple alliance
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy
Why was the battle of the Rape of Belgium took this name?
The woman of the country was continuously raped.
Which was the INITIAL US response to the war
The President Woodrow Wilson declared neutrality.
Why did the US got involved in the war
The US gets involved because of the Submarine Warfare, a torpedo killed civilians in a submarine
What were the 5 causes of WW1
MANIA!
Militarism
Alliances
Nationalism
Imperialism
Asessination
Countries that formed the Triple Entente
France, Britain, Russia
Explain the Schlieffen Plan
The plan was avoiding fighting a 2 front war with Russia and France, because of this, they wanted to take out France and then be focused on Russia, never splitting their troops.
American artists frequently caricatured the German enemy as a bloodthirsty barbaric “Hun”, a stereotype that played into American fears and aroused sympathy for the Allied troops and civilians
Explain the selective service of act
It was a way of recruiting people in the army, it was pure luck.
Explain imperialism
a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force
Which were the 4 main allies
Germany
Bulgaria
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman empire
Explain why the plan fails
The plan fails because it relied on rapid movement, the resistance of Belgium and the UK joining the war prevented this. Russia took advantage of this and invaded Germany.
Why the US had an economic "BOOM" in WW1
An economic boom since Europeans (British and French) began purchasing US goods for the war
Prohibited interference with military operations, to forbid support of US enemies during wartime or to promote disobedience in the military (can’t go against what the military says)
Gave the US postal officials the authority to prohibit the mailing of newspapers and magazines. (threatened individuals convicted of obstructing the draft (military recruitment) with 10.000 dollar fines and 20 years in jail)
Scurrilous- spreading rumors
The purpose was to make it illegal to write or speak anything critical of American involvement in the war
Made it a federal offense to use “disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language” about the Constitution, the government, the American uniform, or the US flag.
Explain why an assassination was a cause
It was because Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, a really important person in Austria-Hungary at the time. He was murdered by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist.
Which were 5 of the countries that remained neutral
Norway, Sweden, UK, Russia, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Albania, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria
Explain the outcome of the Schlieffen Plan failing
Russia invaded Germany, and because of this, Germany now has a 2 front war, which was the worst possible outcome for them.
What did Germany have to give to the former soldiers after the war ended
Germany had to pay pensions of the soldiers for the allied powers, they had to pay pensions of dead soldiers to widows. They had to pay for the lives of the enemies, this was kinda unfair.
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