World War 1 - 1
A military agreement between nations.
What is an Alliance?
The US president during WW1
Who is Woodrow Wilson
Name the 4 causes of WW1
What is MAIN. Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism?
This was the name of the Treaty that allowed Russia to leave the war and focus on their civil war, leading to a large amount of land lost to Germany.
What is the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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 a new weapon that is used in WWI (especially by Germans) that burned the soldiers lungs from the inside.
What chemical warfare or mustard gas?
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?
The actual reason USA joined the war
(NOT THE ZIMMERMAN NOTE! That is only what told us about this)
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
This nation withdrew from the war after their leader abdicated and was eventually taken over by the Bolsheviks under Vladimir Lenin.
What is Russia?
The name of the Treaty that ended the war in Europe and punished Germany by making them pay lots of money and give up land.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The US government introduced this law which required eligible men to sign up for the draft
What is the selective service act?
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 temporary stop of fighting
What is a armistace?
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?
Leader of the United States Army
Who is Pershing?
This army was the most well trained and well equipped army in World War 1.
What is the German Army?