Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria
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What is total war?
When countries direct all of their resources towards war efforts.
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What is the importance of the Fourteen Points?
It was U. S. President Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace, where he outlined an idealistic vision, including the creation of the League of Nations.
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What is the significance of the Lusitania?
It was a British passenger ship, sunk by German U-Boats. Over 1,000 people died, including 128 Americans, angering many in the United States and strengthening Allied support amongst the American public.
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Who were the members of the Triple Alliance?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
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What event was the catalyst for WWI to begin?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a young Serbian, causing a domino effect of World Powers getting involved.
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What country was a member of the Triple Alliance before WWI and the Allied Powers during WWI?
Italy
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What is an armistice?
An agreement between countries to stop fighting
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By cutting the underseas cable to the United States, this country controlled all news coming from Europe.
What was Great Britain?
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How did the Industrial Revolution lead to militarism?
It allowed new technology that nations used to build up their armies and expand their own empires.
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How were the Western and Eastern Fronts of World War I different?
The Western Front consisted largely of trench warfare along the French border. The Eastern Front allowed more mobile warfare along the Russian border.
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Why did the United States of America get involved in World War I?
The interception of the Zimmerman note, which encouraged Mexico to declare war on the United States to retrieve lost lands, infuriated Americans. Then in March 1917, German submarines sank 5 American merchant vessels in the North Sea.
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the treaty that ended WWI and placed responsibility for the war on Germany
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
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What is rationing?
Limiting the amount of goods people can buy because the items are needed in war efforts. These items can be food or supplies.
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What were the four causes of World War I?
Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism, Alliances
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What was unrestricted submarine warfare?
German submarines sinking any ship that entered British waters without warning, regardless of iwhether ships were military or civilian.
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Why did Russia withdraw from World War I?
They had exhausted themselves in WWI and were experiencing their own political revolution.
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What punishment did Germany receive from the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany lost a large amount of territory and had to pay reparations to the Allies. Restrictions were placed on their military operations.
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What was the name of a U.S. government agency that oversaw production and regulated prices during WWI?
the War Industries Board
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What impact did the Franco-Prussian war have on relations between Germany and France?
Germany's victory in 1870 had left the French resenting Germany. Germany still saw France as a major threat and wanted to make sure they could not form alliances.
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What was Germany's Schlieffen Plan to avoid fighting on two fronts?
to encircle and defeat the French army before Russia could mobilize its military
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Who was the general who commanded the American forces in WWI?
John L. Pershing
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What were the countries that were members of the Big Four at the Paris Peace Conference?
the United States, Great Britain, France, and Italy?
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What were two reasons why the United States favored the Allies, even though the U.S. declared its neutrality during the first years of the war?
The U.S.shared a common language and customs with Great Britain, had a democratic government like Great Britain and France, and traded heavily with the Allies