World War 1-1
What is an Alliance?
A union formed between countries for shared benefit. A partnership.
Who was President Thomas Woodrow Wilson?
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. He wrote the Fourteen points.
Name the reasons 4 WWI started.
What is MAIN. Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism?
One of the treaties that ended the First World War; it put harsh rules on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The US joined WWI in this year.
What is 1917?
Who were the Central Powers?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire formed this alliance group.
Who were the Allied Powers?
France, Great Britain, Russia formed this alliance group.
What is the Zimmerman telegram?
A message urging Mexico join hands with Germany to attack the U.S.
A fictional character created by the U.S. government to encourage men to join the Army.
Who is Uncle Sam?
An agreement to cease hostilities and stop fighting.
What is an armistice?
What is Imperialism?
The taking over of another nation's land, usually for economic gain.
Organization formed after WWI to promote peace and to settle disputes peacefully instead of going to war.
What is the League of Nations?
When did Italy join hands with Britain and France?
1915
What is Propaganda?
Information produced by governments, presented in such a way as to inspire and spread certain beliefs or opinions to show support in the war effort or harm the war effort.
What are U-Boats?
German Submarines used in World War I and World War IIWhat are U-Boats?
What is the Lusitania?
A British ocean liner that was carrying nearly 2,000 people when she was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland in May 1915. There were 128 Americans on the ship.
What are reparations?
payments to cover damages (in war)What are reparations?
Belief that one's nation, or a group of people within that nation are superior to all others.
What is Nationalism?
A very successful all black regiment that fought in WWI.
Who is the Harlem HellFighters?
What are The Fourteen Points?
An attempt to create a new international order in the event of victory in WWI.
Most common form of fighting in World War after 1914 as the armies tried to build new defenses across France.
What is Militarism?
The belief that a nation should not just have strong armed forces (military) but that they can be used to gain new territories and not just in defense.
Name any main 3 points of Wilson's 14 point peace plan.
The League of Nations, open diplomacy, free trade, equal trade conditions, redraw many borders, and make Poland a thing.
Name the 4 reasons the US got involved in WWI.
2. The sinking of the Lusitania.
3. Zimmerman Telegram
4. The Bolsheviks overthrowing their tsar in Russia.