Dates & Times
What year did World War 1 Start?
1914
Great Britain, France, and Russia were called the _________ ____________.
Triple Entente
The land in between the trenches of the enemies.
"No Mans Land"
What was the Lusitania? What happened to it?
A British passenger ship, later discovered to be secretly caring guns and ammunition, that was sunk in the Northern Atlantic by a German submarine killing over 100 American civilians and angering Americans.
What is the name of the German submarines?
U-Boats
What year did World War 1 end?
1918
Germany, Austro-Hungary, and Italy (Later on the Ottoman Empire too) were called the _________ ___________.
Triple Alliance OR Central Powers
This region was considered to be the "Powder Keg of Europe."
Balkan Region
The U.S. had two major tasks on the home front: raising _______ and convincing the public to__________ the war.
The U.S. spent $35.5 billion on the war effort.
Bonus 50 points if you can tell me the main way the U.S. accomplished the first blank:
Money. Support
- Victory/Liberty Loans OR War Bonds
One of the main contributions of the Americans was fresh and enthusiastic troops. American infantry were nicknamed “_________________”
“doughboys”
What is the exact time of day and the exact date WW1 ended?
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
11:00 - November 11, 1918
Who is this?
The November 1916 election pitted incumbent Democrat _____________ ____________vs. Republican candidate Supreme Court justice Charles Evans Hughes.
President Woodrow Wilson
The _____ _______________ ___________ (__.__.__.) encouraged companies to use mass-production techniques. Under the WIB industrial production and wages increased 20% and union membership increased from 2.5 million to 4 million
The War Industries Board (WIB)
What was the name of the telegraph Germany sent to Mexico to try and get them to invade America in exchange for lost territories back (Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, etc.)
Zimmerman Telegraph
In class we discussed 4 new main weapons that were involved in WW1, tell me 2 of them.
50 Bonus Points if you can tell me a detail about one of the two weapons you choose.
Machine Guns: Guns could now fire 600 rounds per minute.
The Poison Gas: Mustard gas was used to subdue the enemy.
Tank: New steel tanks ran on caterpillar treads.
Airplanes: Early dogfights resembled duals, however by 1918 the British had a fleet of planes that could deliver bombs.
At the end of the war, the American President proposed his "14 points" most of which he conceded in order to establish the "__________ __ __________." Which ironically Congress later voted to opt out of and not have America be involved with.
League of Nations
The assassination of this person began WW1 in the European fronts.
Archduke Franz (Francis) Ferdinand
This plan called for a quick strike through Belgium to Paris, France. Next, Germany would attack Russia
- The plan was designed to prevent a two-front war for Germany.
Schlieffen Plan
Fill in the blank:
America was not ready for war. Only 200,000 men were in service when war was declared, so Congress passed the _________ __________ ______ in May of 1917.
By the end of 1918, 24 million had signed up and almost 3 million were called to duty. About 2 million American troops reached Europe.
Selective Service Act
We listed 4 causes of WW1. What are two of them?
(N.I.M.A // M.A.I.N.)
Militarism
Alliance Systems
Imperialism
Nationalism
Tell me any 2 of the "Big Four Leaders"
Bonus 50 if you can tell me what they did after the war ended in regard to the treaty and post war treatment.
The Big Four leaders, Wilson (U.S.), Clemenceau (France), Lloyd George (England), and Orlando (Italy), worked out the Treaty’s details.
They established nine new nations including Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia.
Broke up the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire empires.
Barred Germany from maintaining an army, required them to give Alsace-Lorraine back to France, and forced them to pay $33 billion in reparations to the Allies
Furthermore, Germany would never be able to pay $33 billion in reparations.
To popularize the war, the government set up the nation's first propaganda agency called the ___________ ___ ________ ___________ (__.__.__.)
Committee on Public Information (CPI)
The final treaty signed by the losing side is known as the "Treaty ___ __________" and it was signed in the "Hall of _____________" in 1919.
of Versailles. Mirrors.
Which battle is this?
Began on July 1, 1916, and lasted until mid-November—the British suffered an enormous number of casualties (60,000 on the first day). Final casualties for this phase of the war totaled 1.2 million, yet only 7 miles of ground was gained. This bloody trench warfare, in which armies fought for mere yards of ground, lasted for three years.
The First Battle of the Somme
To conserve food, Wilson set up the ___________ _____________ (___.___.) which declared one day a week “meatless,” another “sweetless,” and two days “wheatless.”
Farmers increased production by almost 30% by adding 40 million acres of farmland
Bonus 50 Points if you can fill in this blank:
- Homeowners planted “_______ _________” in their yards and school children worked after school growing tomatoes and cucumbers in public parks.
Food Administration (FA)
Victory Gardens