causes
What were the five causes of WWI
Militarism
Alliences
Nationalism
Imperialism
Assassination
How did alliences caused WWI?
In 1915 who was winning?Why?
no one was winning, there was the statemate. This happened because with the trench warfare technique it was very difficult to know who was winning.
What caused USA to get involved in the war?
sinking of the lusitania
Zimmernote
Which year, month, and day does the war starts?
1914, July 28th
Why was militarism a cause of WWI?
Countries were competing to have the biggest and military. They were creating weapons of mass destruction. Germany used 80% of their incomes for weapons, army, and navy.
Which countries formed the Triple Alliance
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Italy
What was the battle of Amiens?
Allied victory which would help bring and end to WWI
What was Wilsons 14 points?
Wilsons 14 points were statements of principals for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end WWI
Why was USA neutral on the first years of the war?
there were lots of immigrants and Wilson didn't want the country to divide and he wanted the USA to be the mediator of the war
Give an example of Imperialism
To Germany, Britain and France were taking lots of land and since they were so powerful Germany decided to make an alliance with Austria-Hungary (Imperialism made alliances)
which countries formed the Triple Entente
France
Russia
Britain
In what consisted the Schlieffen plan?
germans planed to first defeat France and Russia. They didn't want to split there army
Who were the Big Three countries and who represented them?
Woodrow Wilson (USA)
David Lloyd George (Britain)
Georges Clemenceau (France)
What was the way of fighting during WWI? What did it consisted on?
Trench warefare, both sides would dig deep trenches in the ground a defense against the enemy. Conditions were poor
What was happening in Bosnia prior WWI?
Bosnia was an area of conflict because Serbia (newly independent)wanted Bosnia to be part of them but Bosnia was from Austria-Hungary and that created tension and conflict.
Which countries formed the Central Powers
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman-Empire
Bulgaria
What was battle of Verdun? (how much it lasted, deaths,victory)
Verdun was a battle that lasted 10 months. It was called the human slaughter house because of the amounts of deaths in both side (370,000). Germany advances 3 miles but calls off the attack. So France calls it a victory.
What stated the treaty of Versailles and in future what did they assured?
Germany accept full responsibility for starting World War I and pay enormous reparations for Allied war losses. It also needs to surrender around 10 percent of its territory and all of its overseas possessions. Reduce its army. All this terms assure the rise of the Hiltler.
How many Belgians were killed on the rape of Belgium?
23,700 Belgians
What was the name of the important figure which was assassinated?
Franz Ferninand
What countries formed the Allies? In which year does USA gets involved?
France
Russia
Britain
USA,1917
Why did the Schlieffen plan failed?
It was supposed to be a rapid movement however the Britains helped the Belgians and retained the Germans. Russia invades Germany sooner and they were on the other the western front
how did Woodrow Wilsons and Georges Clemenceau points of view with the treaty of versailles differ?
Woodrow Wilson wanted peace without victory. This way another war would be avoid due to revenge. He also wanted to delete all causes of WWI to avoid further wars.
In the other hand Geroges view was the opposite he wanted to crush Germany. He wanted to devastate Germany is such way that they wouldn't invade France again.
In what consisted the idea of a League of Nations?
Woodrow Wilson wanted to form a group of countries with the goal of setting disputes through negotiation rather than war.