Friday, December 9th

. What were the causes of WWI in Europe?mutual defense alliances:

imperialism: extending a country's power outside of the borders taking over other countries.

militarism: the principle or policy of maintaining a large military establishment. and navys

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand: was the spark of the war. On June 28, 1914

Nationalism: being a strong supporter of the rights and interests of one's country

2. What were the major alliances of WWI?

Great Britain,
Russia
France
United States
Italy
Belgium
3. What were the goals of WWI for all the major countries involved?

Austria Hungary

Great Britain

Germany

Secure/Maintain German Unification
Isolate France
Acquire Colonies- wanted to control other colonies, equal power to Great Britian, gave them a reason to build up its navy

Russia

France

United States

4. What were some of the major land battles prior to US involvement-1914-March, 1917?

battle of Verdum, battle of marne, battle of ypers, battle of the lys, battle of somme, battle of cainbrai

5. What were some of the major naval battles of WWI?

battle of jutland, battle of heigoland

6. What were the US reactions to WWI starting in 1914?

we declared to be neautral ( dont take sides)

7. What were the causes for US involvement in WWI?

Luistana Boat was the number one reason why
Zimmermann Note: was a coded telegram sent by the foreign secretary of the German Empire on January 16, 1917. In summary, Germany tried to get Mexico to declare war on the United States. Germany promised MExico that they would get the Mexican Cession back if they won. Germany wanted to keep the US out of Europe.
Beliefs of War Hawks
Trade with England increased
British and American Propaganda
Preparedness Program (1915)
American Business
German declaration of "unlimited submarine warfare" - ties with #1

8. What were the major land battles for the US in WWI?

battle of Cantigny, Battle of LE Hemal, Second Battle of Marne (lots of people killed!!)

9. What were the major military strategies for winning the war for both Allied and Central Powers?

1. Schlieffn Plan-German Plan of attack of WW1, need to defeat attack France quickly,
Problems-Belguin stronger then anticipated, russia to East Prussia
2. Plan 17-French plan of attack during WW1, designed by Ferdinand Foch,, divided up into two wings and attack germany
3. Plan 19-19: germany attacks France and Russia attacks Prissia en route to Germany and two armies attack while the rest protect Russia from Austria Hungary
Plan G-Germany attacks Russia full scale, Rusia lets them "invade" Russia and once deep into Russia attack the 'Germans
4. AEF Plan- American Expeditionary Force, Select American Troops. Deployed to assist French and Britain Forces

10. What were some of the weapons of WWI?

Bayonets-were a simple blade attached to a barrel of a rife
Flamethrowers-they were a fire spreading mechanism and bad if you were in Trenches
Poison Gas-it caused cough attacks for the opposing armies, German then created mustard gas and gas masks were made to try to overcome inhalation
Submarines or U-boats-they were most common used by the Germans, were used for combat and sneak attacks
Tanks-were amored cars that have firing mechanisms attached
Machine Guns-weapons that fired at a rapid rate and for a longer time
Planes-zeppelins

11. Describe trench warfare.

Trench Warfare- is battling between to opposing armies that are both entrenched

One third of deaths in the war occurred in trenchs
Another deadly killer was diease
Trench fever happended a lot in the war and spread easily
Rat and lice were bad in the war
Life in the Trenches:: when no action was occurring soldier were often writing letters

12. Describe what happened on the US Home Front in WWI.

Home Front: what people did back home (US) to win the war. ( work in factories). it tried to make the war a positive
Plant a victory garden!
women started to do mens jobs, sent food, weapons and bullets to the army
WW1 as known as "the war to end all wars"

13. Describe Wilson's 14 Points. a proposition to end WW1 and create peace postwar

POINT ONE: Nomore secrets( open covenants openly arrived at) and prohbit treaties
POINT TWO: can navigate freely on all seas. 1. general pecase 2. no fighting 3. league of Nations remains neutral
POINT THREE:trying to elimate tarriffs and to make trading easier
POINT FOUR: You cant have too many weapons/lessen weapon numbers and domestice safety is protecting against invasion
POINT FIVE: impartial, listening to both sides on the colonials opinions.
POINT SIX: evacuate German troops out of Russian territory, and Russia can decide what form of government they want without any interference
POINT SEVEN: German troops need to evacuate Belguim, and Belguim deserves to be independent like they were before the war
POINT EIGHT: France has taken Germanys control of French territory and France i allowed to recover Alsace- Lorraine
POINT NINE: All Italians are allowed to live in Italy
POINT TEN: people who live in Austria- Hungary should have self- determination
POINT ELEVEN: people in the Balkan states should be independent and must evacuate the Central Powers of Serbia, Montenegro and Romania
POINT TWELVE: turkish people should be governed by and Turkish government; non turkish peple should govern themselves
POINT THIRTEEN: poland should be independent and they should have access to the sea
POINT FOURTEEN: eague of nations is created to male independence to all states

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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