World War 1-1
A union formed between countries for shared benefit. A partnership.
What is an Alliance?
The president during WWI.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Name the 4 Causes 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?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire formed this alliance group.
Who were the Central Powers?
France, Great Britain, Russia formed this alliance group.
Who were the Allied Powers?
A message urging Mexico to attack the U.S. in return for their land back. Sent by Germany.
What is the Zimmerman telegram?
Name 3 new technologies that were introduced in WW1
Tanks, Airplanes, Chemical gas, Machine Gun, Flame Thrower
An agreement to cease hostilities and stop fighting.
What is an armistice?
The taking over of another nation's land, usually for economic gain.
What is Imperialism?
Organization formed after WWI to promote peace and to settle disputes peacefully instead of going to war.
What is the League of Nations?
What year did world war 1 start ?
1914-1918
What event led to the start of the war ?
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
what happened to the Germany Economy after the treaty of Versailles?
Hyperinflation, depression
an English boat that was attacked by Germans that had American civilians on it
What is the Lusitania?
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?
What are some challenges soldiers had to deal with in the Trenches?
Trench foot, diseases, infections, shell shock,
what is No mans land?
Land between 2 enemy trenches where many casualties died
An attempt to create a new international order in the event of victory in WWI created by the U.S President after the war
What are The Fourteen Points?
Most common form of fighting in World War after 1914 as the armies tried to build new defenses across France.
The belief that a nation should have strong armed forces
What is Militarism?
Name 3 clauses in the treaty of Versailles
Reparations, military restrictions, war guilt clause, loss of territory
Explain how the ending of world war 1 can be connected to the start of World war 2
Germany felt the treaty was unfair, and its country was ruined, and led to struggled that opened the door for a dictator (hitler)