World War 1 - 1
A defense agreement between nations.
What is an Alliance?
The president during WW1
Who is Woodrow Wilson
Name the reasons 4 WW1 started.
What is MAIN. Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism?
This was Germany's strategy to quickly end the war by capturing Paris first then turning their attention to the Russians.
What is the Schlieffan Plan?
The US joined WW1 in this year.
What is 1917
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire formed this alliance group.
Who were the Central Powers
France, Great Britain, Russia formed this alliance group.
Who were the Allied Powers.
A message urging Mexico to attack the U.S. in return for their land back. Sent by Germany
What is the Zimmerman telegram?
The glorification of war and the military
What is Militarism?
A unifying force brought on by strong feelings of pride for ones country
What is Nationalism?
In order to pay for the war, the US government urged people to buy these.
What are Liberty Bonds.
This is the term for using civilian manpower on the homefront to support the war effort.
What Total War?
A British cruise-liner with 128 Americans on it- torpedoed by a German submarine.
What is the Lusitania?
Information produced by governments, presented in such a way as to inspire and spread certain beliefs or opinions.
What is propaganda?
The area of land in between opposing trenches. It is filled with obstacles such as barbed wire and land mines.
What is No Man's Land?
This empire controlled the Dardanelles, a valuable trade hub.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This nation withdrew from the war after their leader abdicated and was eventually taken over by the Bolsheviks under Vladimir Lenin.
What is Russia?
This country was an ally of Germany and Austria-Hungary prior to the war, but ended up fighting against them with the Allies instead.
What is Italy?
The US government introduced this law which required eligible men to sign up for this (2 ANSWERS)
What is the selective service act and draft
This event sparked World War 1
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This nation had the strongest and largest navy in the world during World War 1.
What is Great Britain?
A deadlock in which neither side is strong enough to defeat the other.
What is a stalemate?
These fortifications were dug from Switzerland to the North Sea and were a defining feature of the western front of World War 1
What are trenches?
Understanding between nations that lacks the binding commitment of an alliance.
What is an Entente?
This army was the most well trained and well equipped army in World War 1.
What is the German Army?