WW1 Wartime
Why did WW1 start?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
A kind of biased communication influence people's thoughts and actions?
What is Propaganda?
Contribution of the US during WWI?
Mass Production to supply the allies.
Where did the flu start?
Fort Collins.
What did the USSR stand for?
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republic.
Who were the allies?
Great Britain, France, and Russia and later joined by the United States.
Who had the central powers?
In 1916, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
Who were the dough boys?
Nickname for the American troops who came to battle fresh-faced and lifted the enthusiasm.
How many died?
40 million.
Who was the communist party?
The new name given to the Bolshevik Party.
How were the battles fought?
Trench warefare.
What was known as the "Power Keg"?
Balkan Peninsula.
New weapons of WWI?
Machine guns, tanks, airplanes, poison gas.
How did the flu spread?
The flu spreads through the air, because it is a respiratory disease.
What is an Autocrat?
A ruler with absolute power; in Russia, they were called czars.
What were the areas between the opposition called?
No man's land.
The year the US entered WWI?
1917.
Conditions in the trenches?
Lice, rats, disease, mud, and cold.
Why is it called the Spanish Flu?
Because it particularly flourished in Spain.
Who is lenin?
A revolutionary leader who was exiled from Russia and the leader of the Bolshevik Party.
The protection of merchant ships form U-boat-German submarine-attacks by having the ships travel in large groups escorted by warships.
What is convoy system?
What were the 4 causes of WW1?
Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism, and the Alliance System.
Number of deaths in WWI, making it the most fatal war ever?
22 Million.
Where was the flu most prevalent?
America, France, England, and China
What were weapons of totalitarianism?
Indoctrination, Propaganda, Censorship, Religious Persecution