Causes of World War One
a union or association formed for mutual benefit, typically between countries or organizations
What is an alliance?
The side that includes France, Britain, Italy, Russia, Japan, and the US
Who are the Triple Entente?
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
President Wilson's Plan for peace
What are the Fourteen Points?
a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force - was a competition to see who would be the most powerful in Europe
What is imperialism?
The American president who tried to keep the US out of the Great War for as long as possible
Who is President Woodrow Wilson?
the front where most of the trench fighting happened
What is The Western Front?
The final cause of the USA joining the war, a conversation between Mexico and Germany
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-boat with 100+ Americans on board
What is the Lusitania?
Love of one's country and the belief that your country is superior to others.
What is nationalism?
The country that dropped out of the Allied Powers to concentrate on their Communist Revolution
Who is Russia?
A bloody battle that became motivated and inspired the French
What is the Battle of Verdun?
A disease caused by damp and dirty conditions in the trenches
What is trench foot?
The meeting at which the terms of surrender and peace were discussed
What is the Paris Peace Conference?
Gavrillo Princip shooting Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife is an example of this cause of World War One.
What is assassination?
The side of the war that includes Germany, Austria- Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire
Who are the Triple Alliance?
When one side went "over the top" they charged onto this
What is No Man's Land?
New type of inhumane warfare banned after the war for its' brutality...
Chemical warfare.
In this, Germany had to pay 33 billion dollars. Germany lost land to Poland and France. Germany lost most of its military.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Another word for the arms race between Germany and Great Britain.
What is militarism?
New weapons used for the 1st time in warfare in WWI...
Tanks, Grenades, Machine guns...
Battle with the most casualties in WWI?
Battle of the Somme
1914-1918.
The final push by the allies to break the spirit of the Germans.
What is the 100 Days Offensive