TECHNOLOGY OF WWI
How was the destructive power of modern weapons proved on the Western Front?
The large number of casualties.
What was the aim of special boards that censored the press?
To keep discouraging news from reaching the public.
They shared cultural ties.
Who was possibly patient zero for the Spanish Flu?
Albert Gitchell- the cook
In 1914 who controlled the government?
Landowning nobles, priests, and an autocratic tsar.
Rapid-fire machine guns and long-range artillery.
What is propaganda?
The spreading of ideas to promote or damage a cause.
The anti-German feeling intensified in the U.S. when what became public?
When the note from Germany to Mexico promising to reconquer the lost territory.
Austria, China, East Asia, or U.S.
What did Nicholas II block?
What killed more soldiers than guns?
Shrapnel/flying debris
What did propaganda urge citizens to do in France?
Loan money to the government.
What day did Wilson ask Congress to declare war?
April 2 1918
What communities were hit the worst?
What caused the monarchy to collapse in 1917?
Disasters on the battle field, food shortages, and fuel shortages.
How far away could this new artillery shoot?
More than 10 miles away.
British press circulated tales of what?
Tales of artocities.
What day were The Fourteen Points issued?
January 8 1918
When was the disease said to officially be over?
Midway through 1919.
What did Lenin do and read as a kid?
He read Karl Marx and participated in student demonstrations.
What were the effects of poison gas?
blinding, choking, burning, blisters
What were two important themes of propaganda?
Nationalism and patriotism
By 1918, about how many soldiers fought on the Western Front?
About 2 Million
Why did the healthiest people die?
The communists.