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This man was assassinated to begin WWI?
Which nation did he belong to?
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
What is Austria-Hungary?
The Central Powers were...
The Allied Powers were...
The Central Powers were the Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary, and Germany.
The Allies were Great Britain, France, Russia, and United States of America.
Unrestricted warfare in terms of the weapons used , the groups involved or targeted, and the objectives pursued.
What is a total war?
What is the AEF?
How did America help turn the tide of the war?
AEF stands for the American Expeditionary Forces.
Allied troops were exhausted and the American brought in large numbers of fresh, enthusiastic troops that helped hold the trenches.
The year WWI started and ended.
What is 1914 and 1918?
He was the leader of Germany during WWI.
He was the leader of Russia during the Great War.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
Who is Czar Nicholas II?
The development of industries in a country on a wide scale, transforming an economy from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods.
What is industrialization?
An agreement among nations to cooperate for specific purposes and defend each other if attacked.
What are alliances?
The policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries.
What is imperialism?
A British passenger ship with Americans on-board that was sunk by a German U-Boat in 1915. 1,198 people died, including 128 Americans.
What is the Lusitania?
He was the leader of France.
He was the leader of the Ottoman Empire.
Who is Georges Clemenceau?
Who is Mehmed V?
The systematic spreading of ideas influencing people to support a particular cause or point of view. This was used to whip-up support for the war effort and demonize the opposing side.
What is propaganda?
Loyalty and devotion to one's nation, placing emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations.
What is nationalism?
Having a strong military and being prepared to use it aggressively to promote your national interest.
What is militarism?
About how many people died in The War To End All Wars?
How many soldiers and how many civilians?
About 22 million deaths.
11 million soldiers and 11 million civilians died.
Commanding officer of the American Expeditionary Force.
Who is General John Pershing?
When both sides commit to wearing each other down through warfare until one side collapses.
What is a war of attrition?
Region where many ethnic minority groups belonged to larger countries where the governments did not represent them.
What is the specific location of this region?
What is the Balkan Powder Keg?
This region was located in southeastern Europe.
Name of the strategy that greatly decreased losses of Allied ships while traveling across the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the convoy system?
1. We were stronger trading partners with the Allied Powers than the Central Powers.
2. Re-payment of debts taken out by Allied countries through loans.
3. The sinking of unarmed American as well as other countries' merchant ships by German submarines.
4. Intercepting the Zimmermann Note, German asked Mexico to declare war against us.
--Any other reasons for US entry?
**Make sure to fully explain and expand on each.
Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWI as well as the monarch of this country.
Who is David Lloyd George?
And who is King George V?
How did industrialization make WW1 different than previous wars?
The increase of the production of goods meant that countries could produce weapons of war faster while science and technology increased the legality of such weapons.
This treaty was imposed upon Germany at the conclusion of the war.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
A secret message from the Germany government asking Mexico to attack the United States, offering support in recovering lost territories if they joined the war.
What is the Zimmermann Note?
What is a reparation?
Which country had to pay reparations?
Give and discuss at least 4 results of the Treaty of Versailles.
A reparation is compensation for war damage, paid for by a defeated state. Germany had to pay reparations after WW1.
Stipulation 1. First of all, Germany had to agree to a war-guilt clause and claim full responsibility for starting the war (all shame would be on them).
Stipulation 2. Germany lost all of their colonies. These colonies were given to Great Britain and France. Germany could not seek any more lands in Europe or elsewhere.
Stipulation 3. Germany had to give up parts of their country that were added to the countries of Poland and Czechoslovakia. The area on the German/French border called Alsace-Lorraine was returned to France.
Stipulation 4. Germany had to pay for the war known as “reparations.” Large sums of money were owed to the allies, so much money that an already broke Germany could never pay. The rich coal mines of the Saar (in Germany) would be owned by the French for 15 years.
Stipulation 5. Germany’s army was reduced to 100,000 men; the army was not allowed tanks. Germany was not allowed an air force and was only allowed 6 capital naval ships and no submarines. France was allowed to occupy a piece of Germany (known as the Rhineland) and the German military was not allowed in that area.