This means building up your military and glorifying war
What is militarism?
100
Russia began to prepare troops for active service, also known as
What is mobilization?
100
On the Western Front, the war settles into this form of warfare after a few months
What is trench warfare?
100
The Big Three, leaders who controlled the conference:
Who are Woodrow Wilson (U.S.), Georges Clemenceau (France) and David Lloyd George (Britain)
100
These two groups contributed greatly to the war effort in America
Who are women and African-Americans
200
European countries each had extreme pride in their respective nations. What is this called?
What is nationalism?
200
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
The members of the Triple Entente (later known as the Allied Powers)
What is France, Britain, and Russia
200
One of two events that helped cause American involvement in the war (you have to explain your choice)
What is the sinking of the Lusitania -- Germans sink a British passenger ship, killing over 1,200 people (128 Americans)
and the Zimmerman telegram (Germans ask Mexico to declare war on the US, in exchange for land)
200
Wilson's plan for peace after the war
What is The Fourteen Points
200
An end to all fighting is called this
What is an armistice
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
-- Competition over colonies caused much tension between European powers. This was called
What is imperialism?
300
His assassination has often been called the "spark" that caused WWI
Who is Archduke Francis Ferdinand (heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary)?
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!
Name the main countries on each side (The Allied Powers and the Central Powers)
What is:
Allied Powers -- France, Britain, Russia, US
Central Powers -- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What was (to Wilson) the most important of The Fourteen Points, and why was this at odds with what France and Britain wanted?
What is Point #14, the creation of the League of Nations, and France and Britain wanted to punish Germany
300
This helped protect ships from German submarines
What are convoys?
400
Wilson was a supporter of the right of people all over the world to choose their own form of government, called
What is self-determination?
400
Statements of support given to Austria-Hungary from Germany (and to Russia from France)
What are "blank checks"?
400
This happens to Russia in 1917 (2 things)
What is -- the government gets overthrown and made communist by Lenin, and Russia withdraws from WWI
400
Three things the Versailles Treaty said:
What is --
Germany must accept blame for starting WWI
Germany must pay reparations to France and Britain
Germany must lose all of its colonies
Germany's army must be limited forever
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
Discuss how trench warfare is fought
What is --
Shell the enemy with artillery, go out of trenches, run across no-man's land, and attempt to kill enemy in his trench
500
Lenin created this system in Russia, where all property, farms, and factories are shared by society as a whole. This is called
What is communism?
500
Fearing encirclement by two enemies, Germany employed the Schlieffen Plan, which was
What is an invasion of France (through Belgium)?
500
Three steps the U.S. takes to prepare for war
What is drafts men (conscription), controls factory production, makes people ration goods, controls prices and wages, and controls the media (censorship and propaganda)
500
Discuss the battle to ratify U.S. participation in the League of Nations
What is that the Senate rejects it, feeling that US membership in it will lead us into another war
Wilson goes on a nationwide speaking tour to gain support for US membership in the League of Nations, it exhausts him and leads to health problems
500
Name five weapons of WWI
What is
artillery
machine gun
poison gas
U-boats
airplanes and zeppelins