- Militarism
- Imperialism
- Nationalism
- Economic Competition
- System of Alliances
2. What were the major alliances of WWI?
When two or more countries join together to fight in a war or even peace.
Allied Powers - Great Britain, United Kingdom, France, Russian Empire, Italy, and United States.
Central Powers - Germany, Turkey/Ottoman Empire, Hungary, and Bulgaria.
Russia dropped out to fight their own war.
Italy fought for Germany for a little bit until Germany started taking the Italian land. That caused them to fight against them.
3. What were the goals of WWI for all the major countries involved?
Russia-
- wanted control of the Dardanelles and Bosporus Straits in Turkey.
Austria&Hungary-
- self preservation
Germany-
- wanted part of France
- wanted Luxembourg and Belgium
- wanted most of western Russia
- make Austria&Hungary and the Balkans a "sphere of influence"
United States-
- win and end the war
- Wilson's 14 points
4. What were some of the major land battles prior to US involvement-1914-March, 1917?
5. What were some of the major naval battles of WWI?
6. What were the US reactions to WWI starting in 1914?
7. What were the causes for US involvement in WWI?
8. What were the major land battles for the US in WWI?
9. What were the major military strategies for winning the war for both Allied and Central Powers?
10. What were some of the weapons of WWI?
11. Describe trench warfare.
12. Describe what happened on the US Home Front in WWI.
13. Describe Wilson's 14 Points.
14. Describe the points of the Treaty of Versailles.
15. Why did the US never pass the Treaty of Versailles?
16. Why did the Allied Powers win WWI?
17. Describe the impact WWI had on the world.
18. How did countries react to the Treaty of Versailles?
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