Causes of WWI
An extreme pride or love for your country.
What is Nationalism
What is the sinking of the Lusitania.
Which countries were a part of the Triple Alliance?
Germany, Austria-Hungry, & Italy
Where was trench warfare?
Along the western front. France. There were some trenches along the eastern front, and in other places, but they were primarily used along the western front.
The name of the American president during WWI.
Who was Woodrow Wilson
What marked the formal end to the war in 1919?
Treaty of Versailles
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Sourcing
The building up of a strong military to be used for intimidation.
What is militarism.
The operational plan created by Germany on how they would invade France through neutral Belgium while Russia mobilized?
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
What countries were part of the Triple Entente?
Great Britain, France, and Russia
What were living conditions like in the trenches?
Bad weather, bad food, rats, fear, boredom, disease, horrible sleeping conditions, trench foot, etc.
What did women do during WWI?
Served as nurses and doctors, and filled manufacturing jobs on the Homefront.
When was the agreement to stop fighting, and what was this called?
11/11/1918
The Armistice
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A system in which smaller countries "team" up with larger countries for protection.
What is an alliance.
The country in which Archduke Francis Ferdinand was from.
What is Austria-Hungary.
What are the Central Powers.
Austria-Hungary, The Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, and Germany.
(Blank) is the area of land in between the two trenches.
Soldiers would often hunt (blank) and they would make a game out of it.
No Man's Land
Rats
What was WWI called?
What is The Great War or the War to End all Wars?
What did article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles do?
Placed full blame of the war on to Germany.
Germany had to pay reparations, give up land, and reduce military
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Context
When a larger country takes over a smaller country by force.
What is imperialism.
This was a major campaign in which the allies struggled to dispose of their dead comrades.
What is the Gallipoli campaign?
What are the Allied Powers or Allies.
Great Britain, France, Russia, and America
Trench warfare was characterized by (blank)
A (blank) is (....)
Stalemates
The first and last major battles of the War.
Battle of the Marne
What were Wilson's 14 points?
What did point 14 state?
A plan for the postwar world
"A general association of the Nations." League of Nations
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The event that sparked WWI.
What is assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
What was the name of the event when Germany tried to form an alliance with Mexico?
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
_____ was the largest power in terms of the number of solders.
What is Russia?
Explain what soldiers would do in the trenches when they were not fighting, or working.
Play games, tell jokes, have talent shows, play cards, gamble, etc.
When citizens devote all time, effort, and resources to the war.
Total War
Why did the U.S. not accept the League of Nations?
A group of senators disagreed with the idea. They believed that it would entangle the U.S. in the affairs of others.
Name the three levels of analyzing a political cartoon, and explain what you do at each step.
Literal, Figurative, and Representative
These two events propelled America into WWI
What is the sinking of the Lusitania, and the Zimmermann Telegram?
What was the meeting called when the allies met to discuss terms for the war in January of 1919?
Paris Peace Conference
The name of the organization that assassinated the Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
The Black Hand
Technological advancements were often seen in the trenches. List 3 of these technological advancements, and how they were used in the trenches of WWI.
Tanks, gas, gas masks, stokes mortar, machine guns, flamethrowers, etc.
What are the names of the Prime Minister of Great Britain, French Premier, and Italian Prime Minister?
David Lloyd George
Georges Clemenceau
Vittorio Orlando
Why did Russia stop fighting in WWI, and what was the formal end to their fighting marked by?
Internal and external factors. Lack of supplies, no food, Communist Revolution, etc.
Treaty Brest-Litovsk
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Historians do not use the word (blank), they use the word (blank) because nothing is ever truly objective.
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Sources
Interpretations
Bias
Perspective