Marching Toward War
What were three factors leading to war?
Nationalism, imperialism and militarism all helped lead to war
What countries made up the Allies?
France, Britain Russia
What areas outside of Europe were affected by the war?
Ottoman Empire, Arab nations, Southwest Asian countries, areas in the pacific, colonies in Africa and the united states
How did the Treaty of Versailles affect Germany?
Blamed Germany for the war and took away some of their territory. Forced G to make payments to the Allies. Germans were bitter about the treaty's conditions
Fourteen points
Wilsons plan for a just and lasting peace
What two groups of nations developed?
The triple entente and the triple alliance
What countries made up the central powers?
Bulgaria, ottoman empire, germany and Austria Hungary
How were peoples day to day lives affected by the war?
caused hardship through rationing, limited peoples freedoms to disagree, change peoples attitudes towards jobs
Which groups opposed the treaty and why?
Germany- resented taking all the blame
Japan and Italy- got few territorial gains
colonial peoples- did not receive independence
Militarism
glorifying war and preparing for it
How were the Serbians involved in the start of World War 1?
Serbia and Austria-Hungary were already clashing. Serbian man killed heir to thrown for A-H and war started
What was war like on the western front?
bloody and brutal. trench war fare began. soldiers faced powerful weapons, machine guns, poison gas and tanks
what were the final problems that Germany and Austria-Hungary faced?
exhaustion and supply shortages weakened German soldiers. Leaders were asked to step down (Germany) or overthrown (Austria-Hungary)
Name two countries that were declared independent after the war?
Poland, Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Finland Estonia Latvia and Lithuania
Trench Warfare
fighting from the trenches dug in the battlefield
what two things were people seeking prior to the war?
power and land
What weaknesses did russia have?
undeveloped industrial economy, troops had inadequate supplies
Name one human cost of the war?
8.5 million dead soldiers
How did the United States feel about the league of nations
they did not approve of the treaty and never joined the league of nations
propaganda
one-sided information designed to pursuade
Which countries made up the triple alliance?
Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
what strengths did russia have?
huge population, so millions of Russians could go to war
Name one economic and one emotional cost of the war
economic- $338 Billion in damage
Emotional- a new sense of hopelessness
Who were the three main leaders of the pace talks in Paris?
Woodrow Wilson, Georges Cleneceau and David Lloyd George
rationing
control of the amounts of and kinds of goods people can have