causes for us involvement:
Lusitania they sunk the ship.
The Zimmerman note
war Hawks
trade with England increased.
American businesses
1. What were the causes of WWI in Europe?
militarism
imperialism
nationalism
economic competition
System of alliances
Assassinations of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
2. What were the major alliances of WWI?
militarism
imperialism
nationalism
economic competition
System of alliances
3. What were the goals of WWI for all the major countries involved?
US- win and end the war, Wilson's 14 points.
France- take over Germany. make the world a safer democracy. regain Alsace and Lorraine form Germany. get the Saar basin form Germany (rich in coal). cripple Germany military.
G.B. - get German colonies in Africa. get Turkish colonies in the mid east.
Germany-wanted part of France, wanted Luxembourg and Belgium. wanted most of western Russia.
Russian- wanted control of the Dardanelles and Bosporus straits in Turkey. (trade)
Austria-Hungry: self preservation.
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.
- no secret alliances between countries.
- Freedom of the seas in peace and war.
- reduction of trade barriers among nations.
- general reduction & eventual elimination of armaments.
- adjustment of colonial claims in the interest of the inhabitants as well as of the colonial powers.
- evacuation of Russian territory and a welcome for its government to the society of nations.
- restoration of Belgian territories in Germany.
- evacuation of all French territory, including Alsace-Lorraine.
- readjustment of Italian boundaries along clearly recognizable lines of nationality.
- Independence for various national groups in Austria-Hungary.
- The restoration of the Balkan nations and free access to the sea for Serbia.
- Protection for minorities in Turkey and the free passage of the ships of all nations through the Dardanelles.
- Independence for Poland, including access to the sea.
- A league of nations to protect mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small nations alike.
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?
- no secret alliances between countries.
- Freedom of the seas in peace and war.
- reduction of trade barriers among nations.
- general reduction & eventual elimination of armaments.
- adjustment of colonial claims in the interest of the inhabitants as well as of the colonial powers.
- evacuation of Russian territory and a welcome for its government to the society of nations.
- restoration of Belgian territories in Germany.
- evacuation of all French territory, including Alsace-Lorraine.
- readjustment of Italian boundaries along clearly recognizable lines of nationality.
- Independence for various national groups in Austria-Hungary.
- The restoration of the Balkan nations and free access to the sea for Serbia.
- Protection for minorities in Turkey and the free passage of the ships of all nations through the Dardanelles.
- Independence for Poland, including access to the sea.
- A league of nations to protect mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small nations alike.
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