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[3Tina]

1. What were the causes of WWI in Europe? 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? The US wanted to make a safe place for democracy, win and end the war, and Woodrow Wilson's 14 points. France wanted to get land from the "loser". Russia wanted to control of the Dardenelle and Bosporus Straits in Turkey. Austria-Hungary wanted self preservation. Germany wanted part of France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and most of western Russian. They wanted to make Austria-Hungary and the Balkans a "sphere of influence". They wanted to take over French and British colonies in Africa. 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? Battle of Durazzo - Biggest naval battle that the US fought it. It wasn't really a battle, it was just allied ships that shot at everything along the coastline. 6. What were the US reactions to WWI starting in 1914? 7. What were the causes for US involvement in WWI? The US got involved after Germany started sinking ships. The Lusitania was a British ship. 8. What were the major land battles for the US in WWI? Everyone discussed their 6th assigned blog over the wars. 9. What were the major military strategies for winning the war for both Allied and Central Powers? The Von Schlieffen plan was to go in through Russia. The German underestimated the Russians. 10. What were some of the weapons of WWI? Grenades Tanks Bayonets Poison Gas Rifles Airplanes Barbed Wire Flamethrowers Machine Guns Submarines/U-Boats Zeppelins 11. Describe trench warfare. Trench warfare was when the troops would dig trenches and live in them during wartime. 12. Describe what happened on the US Home Front in WWI. Back home while the men went off to fight, the women and African-Americans had to step up and take over the jobs of the men who had gone to fight. Women gained respect during this time, because the government realized how much they had to do. The American Red Cross aided those who were wounded etc during the war. Victory gardens were planted for people to go harvest food that they were not able to buy, because the farmers were at war. The Food Administration was brought about by Herbert Hoover. He was blamed for the Great Depression. His idea was to conserve food. Certain days you would not eat a food. There were "meatless" days and "wheatless" days. The Administration tried to prevent people from hoarding food. 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?