WW1
This type of fighting led to stalemates on the battlefield.
Trench Warfare.
What European lands were given to France after the Treaty of Versailles?
Alsace Lorraine.
American president Wilson argued at the Paris Peace Conference for the formation of what group.
League of Nations.
Under the multiple treaties which winning country was left angry, and why?
Italy. They did not get southern modern day Croatia which was agreed upon, and instead Yugoslavia was created.
During the majority of the War, Russian Czar Nicholas II placed who in control of the Russian Army?
Himself.
For the first time ever, WWI saw the use of what two large-scale weapons on the battlefront.
Tanks and airplanes.
The German military plan devised by this man saw fighting taking place on two fronts.
General von Schlieffen.
What did the Germans do that caused the United States to enter WWI.
Sending the Zimmerman Telegram.
Entering the Peace Talks, this country was the most determined to get revenge against Germany.
France.
Russia entered WWI due to the assassination of the Archduke, by what group?
The Black Hand.
What country did Austria-Hungary declare war on that started WWI?
Serbia.
In an attempt to resume unrestricted submarine warfare, this man told Emperor William II “not one American will land on the continent”
Admiral Holtzendorf.
Italy attacked this nation to conquer present day Libya.
The Ottoman Empire.
How many countries in Europe were created after the treaties?
Five independent nations. Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Yugoslavia.
Russia was unprepared for War in what way?
What countries were originally in the Triple Alliance, and what countries were originally in the Triple Entente?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy were apart of the Triple Alliance. France, Russia, and Britain were apart of the Triple Entente.
The Triple Alliance was a loose agreement of military cooperation among what three countries
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
The Ottoman Empire was known as the ________.
The German’s were especially unhappy with which clause in the Treaty of Versailles because they viewed it as blaming them for the problems of the war.
The War-Guilt Clause.
The “Whites” were an anti-communist group opposing which group?
The Red's.
What lands did Germany promise to Mexico if they declared war against the United States?
What was the plan to go around the Maginot Line?
The Schlieffen Plan.
How did the Sykes-Picot agreement betray the Arab revolutionaries?
The McMahon-Hussein Correspondence recognized Arab independence, but the Sykes-Picot agreement divided the Ottomans without Arab agreements.
Name each of the treaties given to Germany and her allies at the end of WWI.
Germany was the Treaty of Versailles, Austria-Hungary was the Treaty of Trianon or Treaty of Saint-Germain, and the Ottoman Empire was the Treaty of Sèvres.
Which Soviet official led peace talks with the Germans?
Leon Trotsky.