War's Causes
The Austro-Hungarian Empire's main ally in Europe:
The German Empire
The Western Front was characterized by:
Trench Warfare
Eastern Front combat was different from the Western Front in this way:
Lacked much of the trench warfare that the west was known for.
The United States' stance toward WWI during 1914 to 1917
Neutrality
An armistice was signed between the Central and Allied powers on:
November 11th, 1918
France's main enemy in Europe:
France's main ally in Europe:
Germany & Russia
This led to trench warfare and stalemate:
Weapons technology that greatly advantaged the defender. Ex: Machine Guns, etc.
The 1914 Battles of Tannenberg and Masurian Lakes:
Major German victories of the Russian Army.
The United States had strong financial ties with this side of WWI:
The Allied Powers
The Treaty of Versailles served as an:
End to World War I.
This was the spark of WWI:
Slavic ethnic nationalism/ Black Hand assassination of Franz Ferdinand
The British invented these in order to attempt to break the stalemate:
Tanks
The Russian Army had these problems:
Lack of supplies, training, and poor officers
This 1915 event caused increasing tensions between the United States and Germany:
The sinking of the RMS Lusitania
These nations were not invited to the peace conference:
Central Powers (Germany) and communist Russia.
Reason that Great Britain declared war on Germany:
Germany's invasion of neutral Belgium
A German offensive in 1916 that led to nearly 1 million combined casualties:
The Battle of Verdun
This event led to Russia pulling out of WWI:
The Russian Civil War/ Bolshevik Revolution
The United States declared war on Germany in April, 1917 because of:
The resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points Peace Plan called for these reforms to international relations:
Name at least three
League of Nations, no secret alliances, arms reductions, self determination for colonies, freedom of the seas, tariff reductions, creation of independent Poland and Turkey
The Allied Powers: (answer them all)
The Central Powers: (Answer them all)
France, Great Britain, Russia, Serbia, Italy, Japan, United States
German Empire, Austro-Hungarian Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
This 1916 British offensive started out terribly, but eventually took a large toll on the German Army:
The Battle of the Somme
This group was victorious during the Russian Civil War:
Bolsheviks/Red Army
The United States played a large role in this 1918 Allied offensive:
The Meuse-Argonne Offensive
These points of the Treaty of Versailles were forced on Germany:
Name at least three
Loss of colonies, army restricted to 150k, ban on tanks, navy, air force, 30 billion in reparations payments to allied governments, war guilt clause, loss of Alsace and Lorraine, demilitarization of the Rhineland, loss of territory to Poland