Causes of WWI
This is extreme pride in one’s nation or ethnic group.
What is nationalism?
This alliance included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
What was the Triple Alliance?
These underground defensive systems became a major feature of the Western Front.
What are trenches?
This Russian ruler abdicated in March 1917, ending the Romanov monarchy.
Who was Czar Nicholas II?
This U.S. president proposed the Fourteen Points.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
This U.S. president originally declared that the United States should remain neutral in World War I.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
European countries competed for colonies in Africa and Asia, increasing tensions before WWI.
What is imperialism?
This alliance included Great Britain, France, and Russia.
What was the Triple Entente?
These German submarines attacked Allied shipping during World War I.
What are U-boats?
This elected legislative body in Russia had little real power under the czar.
What was the Duma?
This agreement ended the fighting in World War I on November 11, 1918.
What is an armistice?
This is the year the United States entered World War I.
1917?
This is the glorification of military strength and the buildup of armies and navies.
What is militarism?
This Serbian nationalist assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo.
Who was Gavrilo Princip?
This type of war uses all of a nation’s resources, including factories, civilians, soldiers, and propaganda.
What is total war?
These worker and soldier councils gained influence during the Russian Revolution.
What are soviets?
These four major Allied leaders dominated the Paris Peace Conference.
Brittan, Italy, France, US.
This secret message proposed a German alliance with Mexico against the United States.
What was the Zimmermann Telegram?
In 1906, Great Britain launched this modern battleship, starting a naval arms race with Germany.
What is the Dreadnought?
Austria-Hungary sent this type of demand to Serbia after the assassination, threatening military action if Serbia refused.
What is an ultimatum?
This British passenger ship was sunk by a German submarine in 1915, killing nearly 1,200 people, including 128 Americans.
What was the Lusitania?
This Bolshevik leader promised “peace, bread, and land.”
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
This treaty forced Germany to accept blame, pay reparations, lose territory, and limit its military.
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany offered to help Mexico regain these three U.S. territories if Mexico joined Germany’s side.
What are Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas?
This region was called the “powder keg” of Europe because of ethnic nationalism and rivalries between Austria-Hungary, Serbia, and Russia.
What are the Balkans?
Germany invaded this neutral country in August 1914, causing Great Britain to declare war on Germany.
What is Belgium?
This term means a slow wearing-down process where each side tries to outlast the other.
What is a war of attrition?
This treaty ended Russia’s involvement in World War I but forced Russia to give up large amounts of territory.
This treaty ended Russia’s involvement in World War I but forced Russia to give up large amounts of territory.
Wilson wanted this international organization created to promote cooperation and prevent future wars.
What was the League of Nations?
Wilson used this phrase when arguing that the United States should enter the war for democratic ideals.
What is “the world must be made safe for democracy”?