Treaties
How was Germany impacted by France's demands for Germany to take the blame for the war?
War guilt justified the economically crippling $10 billion reparations.
This person conceived the League of Nations.
American President Woodrow Wilson
How did the Russian (Bolshevik) Revolution impact the course of World War I?
It allowed the Germans to move troops and leadership to the Western Front.
This drew Germany into the war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia.
Germany's alliance with Austria-Hungary and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Britain and France thought this country threatened their security at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.
Germany
What happened to Germany due to the reparations?
The Weimar Government began to print too much currency to pay the reparations and caused hyper-inflation and crushed the German economy, causing deep resentment among the German people.
These two (2) things caused the failure of the Schlieffen plan. (100 points each)
Delays in Belgium caused by Belgian resistance
The removal of German troops who were needed to fight against the Russians.
These were the two (2) main alliances and their members that split Europe in 1914. (100 points each)
Triple Entente -- Great Britain, France, Russia
Triple Alliance/Central Powers -- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Germany was forced to give up these territories by the Paris Peace Conference. (100 points each)
Alsace-Lorraine
Eastern Prussia
all colonies
Men were replaced by these people in the factories in Engand and the United States during World War 1.
Women
How would the Schlieffen Plan help Germany fight a two front war with France and Russia?
The Schlieffen Plan was designed to defeat the French quickly so the Germans could then focus on defeating the Russians.
What was the AEF and its impact?
The American Expeditionary Force -- the fresh American troops gave the Allies the needed manpower to win.
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk caused hatred of Lenin and the Bolsheviks for this reason.
The Bolsheviks gave away large portions of Russia to the Central Powers.
List four (4) new European countries created after World War I. (100 points each)
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Why did the Germans win on the Eastern front against the Russians so quickly?
The Russians were poorly equipped, poorly trained, and poorly led.
List the four causes of World War I and explain them. (100 points each)
Nationalism -- Love and devotion to one's country
Militarism -- Nations expanding their militaries.
Imperialism -- Gaining colonies for the benefit of the mother country
Entangling Alliances -- Nations make military agreements to help each other if attacked.
What was the impact of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
It took the Russians out of the war and freed German troops to go west and fight the British and French.
This happened to the Ottoman Empire after World War 1.
It was broken up into some Arab nations and British and French protectorates.
World War I had this impact on Russia's home front.
The Russian people were starving and suffered because of the loss of so many young men in the war.
The European colonies contributed to the war effort in Europe in this way.
Great Britain and France called in native troops from their colonies to fight with their armies.