1. What were the causes of WWI in Europe? Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism, Economic
2. What were the major alliances of WWI? Russia and Serbia; Germany and Austria-Hungary; France and Russia; Britain, France, and Belgium; Japan and Britain
3. What were the goals of WWI for all the major countries involved? Most of them wanted land and wanted to be a big empire.
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? At first we wanted to stay neutral, but then after after a lot of attacks on us, and some deaths for americans, we got involved. Germany wanted to get mexico to fight the U.S.
7. What were the causes for US involvement in WWI? Germany sinking ships, Zimmerman Note, American Banks and Business, War Hawks.
8. What were the major land battles for the US in WWI? Lost Battalion, The Somm, The second Battle of Somm, Battle of the Amians.
9. What were the major military strategies for winning the war for both Allied and Central Powers? Van Shlifin plan-get 90% of the german army to go through Belgium to get to Paris, France. It didn't work because Belgium put up a fight for a few weeks and Germany never got Paris. France and Russia had time to get trenches built. Plan 17- French would invade Lorain and Ardeneese. Plan 19-Russian plan used on the French side. Tactics- machine guns, chlorine-gas tactic
10. What were some of the weapons of WWI? Handguns, machine guns, shotguns, grenades, mortars, bayonettes, gas warfare, and Flamethrowers
11. Describe trench warfare. They were dug-out ditches that were used for defensive warfare. They were used to get some cover for fighting. Three types of Trenches: Front Line, Support, and Reserve. The no man's land was the place in the middle.
12. Describe what happened on the US Home Front in WWI. Women, the war industries board-regulated industry in the U.S, food administration-headed by Herbert Hoover. prevented hoarding of food by people. "Food is ammunition-dont waste it" , National War Labor Board-, Committee on Public Information-goal was to influence U.S public opinion to support World War 1 in their own way.
13. Describe Wilson's 14 Points. they were how to help change the country and they were rules that people were supposed to follow. Wilson took them with him to the Paris Peace Conference. 1. Eliminate secret treaties and alliances. 2. Freedom of the seas 3. Removal of economic barriers around the world 4. disarm other country's weapons 5. 6. make Germans leave Russia. 7. allow Belgium to be free. 8. French territories are restored 9. change the frontier of Italy so it was recognized. 10. Austria-Hungary will be set free. 11. restore the Bolcin peninsula. 12. Turkish minorities will be able to travel freely. 13. Poland had independence to go through the ocean. 14. A league of nations that protected everyone from getting into battles with each other.
14. Describe the points of the Treaty of Versailles. Also called the treaty of peace. Signed in the Versailles palace. It was used to end World War 1. Germany lost land because of the treaty. Germany's army was reduced to almost nothing, they didn't have anything. Germany had to pay war reparations and it was (33 billion). In the treaty was a "War Guilt Clause". This clause said that Germany had to take full responsibility for the war.
15. Why did the US never pass the Treaty of Versailles?
16. Why did the Allied Powers win WWI? The U.S had the most stuff, we had the most military stuff to help out our allied powers.
17. Describe the impact WWI had on the world.
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