The Causes of WW1
This “-ism” means building up armies and weapons to show off power.
Militarism
This president promised to keep America out of war… but couldn’t for long.
Woodrow Wilson
The U.S. joined the war on this side.
Allies
This British passenger ship was sunk by German submarines, angering the U.S.
Lusitania
This document officially ended WWI and blamed Germany.
The Treaty of Versailles
This country’s alliances helped turn a small conflict into a global war.
Austria-Hungary
This leader’s death by assassination set off the chain reaction that caused WWI.
Archduke Franz-Ferdinand
The U.S. helped during the war by doing this.
Sending supplies to the allies.
Germany used this strategy to stop supplies from reaching the Allies.
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
An armistice means this.
A cease-fire or agreement to stop fighting
This event set off the spark that began WWI.
The assassination of Archduke Franz-Ferdinand
He was the U.S. president before Wilson, known for expansion and the Spanish-American
William McKinley
What pushed the U.S. over the edge to declare war on Germany?
The Zimmerman Telegram
This type of warfare created muddy, miserable conditions and little movement.
Trench Warfare
Germany faced these two major punishments after the war.
Loss of land and large reparations (payments)
A country that prefers to “mind its own business” is following this policy.
Isolationism
Famous jazz trumpet player of the 1920s
Louis Armstrong
What was the Fourteen Points?
An outline Woodrow Wilson wrote, proposing peace, aiming to end the war.
Which 5 countries were in the allied powers?
Germany, United States, Austria-Hungary, Great-Britain, Bulgaria, Italy, Ottoman Empire, Russia, and France
United States, Great-Britain, Italy, Russia, and France
What international organization was created after WWI to keep peace (though the U.S. didn’t join)?
League of Nations
Put these in order: Lusitania sinks, assassination, war begins, U.S. joins war.
Assassination, war begins, Lusitania sinks, U.S. joins the war
Famous poet artist of the 1920s. Made great impact for the Harlem Renaissance.
Langston Hughes
Men went off to war. This left many jobs open in factories. Who filled these job positions? How did it change roles of society? (2 parts)
Women and African Americans. It gave women the right to work outside of home and African Americans better job opportunities up north.
Which 4 countries were in the central powers?
Germany, United States, Austria-Hungary, Great-Britain, Bulgaria, Italy, Ottoman Empire, Russia, and France
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
What economic problem hit many countries after the war due to debt and rebuilding costs?
Inflation or economic depression