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1. What were the causes of WWI in Europe?
M- militarism, I- imperialism, N- nationalism, E- economic competition, S- system of alliances
2. What were the major alliances of WWI?
central powers- germany, austria-hungary, bulgaria, turkey
allied powers- great britain, russia, france, serbia, italy.
3. What were the goals of WWI for all the major countries involved? everyone wanted territories.
france- always fighting. losing men, couldnt keep up with the fighting. lost a ruler to germany and germany took some of their land. got it back after world war one. wanted to get land from germany and turkey and cripple germany's miliary.
germany- wanted to solve border disputes, especially with france. wanted a monarchy to keep place. wanted to take land from france- bitter enemies. wanted a lot of land and wanted to take over french and british colonies.
great britain- germany was trying to take land and GB was tired of it so they wanted to win the war to get the land. wanted to build a railway. wanted oil. to get control of the middle east.
united states- didnt want to get involved at first, declared neutral. wanted to 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?
submarines were used but were not very powerful because they had to warm ships before they sank them and the element of surpries was ruined. wanted to sink things that were being carried by the ships, not the people.
6. What were the US reactions to WWI starting in 1914?
declared neutrality at first, didn't want to help anyone, didnt want to take sides or favor certain countries. almost impossible to do. germans sunk a ship that had americans on board. german u-boats. telegram message that was intended to go to mexico went to the US, said that if the US kept their neutrality then mexico should attack the homefront- did this so that it would keep us at home instead of across the atlantic ocean. germany was sinking ships-pushed us toward GB's side.
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?
battle of bella wood- june 6,1918 near the marne river. americans vs germans
100 day offensive- americans, french and british, bombarded the german mines. led to the second battle of the marne river. march 21, 1918- began. ended in july.
battle of cantini- 1918, fought the germans and captured their place. 100 dead 1500 wounded out of US troops.
lost batallian- fought in northern france, lost 197 men, 150 were missing or catured. didnt win. captured some of our men back, wanted to go around the germans. 7 days
2nd battle of asine- fought on western front, germans fought back and we took them down very fast.
3rd battle of the aisne- see assigned blog
2nd battle of the psalm- between germany and the british- western front. 1918.
9. What were the major military strategies for winning the war for both Allied and Central Powers?
That was mine.
1. What were the causes of WWI in Europe?
M- militarism, I- imperialism, N- nationalism, E- economic competition, S- system of alliances
2. What were the major alliances of WWI?
central powers- germany, austria-hungary, bulgaria, turkey
allied powers- great britain, russia, france, serbia, italy.
3. What were the goals of WWI for all the major countries involved? everyone wanted territories.
france- always fighting. losing men, couldnt keep up with the fighting. lost a ruler to germany and germany took some of their land. got it back after world war one. wanted to get land from germany and turkey and cripple germany's miliary.
germany- wanted to solve border disputes, especially with france. wanted a monarchy to keep place. wanted to take land from france- bitter enemies. wanted a lot of land and wanted to take over french and british colonies.
great britain- germany was trying to take land and GB was tired of it so they wanted to win the war to get the land. wanted to build a railway. wanted oil. to get control of the middle east.
united states- didnt want to get involved at first, declared neutral. wanted to 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?
submarines were used but were not very powerful because they had to warm ships before they sank them and the element of surpries was ruined. wanted to sink things that were being carried by the ships, not the people.
6. What were the US reactions to WWI starting in 1914?
declared neutrality at first, didn't want to help anyone, didnt want to take sides or favor certain countries. almost impossible to do. germans sunk a ship that had americans on board. german u-boats. telegram message that was intended to go to mexico went to the US, said that if the US kept their neutrality then mexico should attack the homefront- did this so that it would keep us at home instead of across the atlantic ocean. germany was sinking ships-pushed us toward GB's side.
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?
battle of bella wood- june 6,1918 near the marne river. americans vs germans
100 day offensive- americans, french and british, bombarded the german mines. led to the second battle of the marne river. march 21, 1918- began. ended in july.
battle of cantini- 1918, fought the germans and captured their place. 100 dead 1500 wounded out of US troops.
lost batallian- fought in northern france, lost 197 men, 150 were missing or catured. didnt win. captured some of our men back, wanted to go around the germans. 7 days
2nd battle of asine- fought on western front, germans fought back and we took them down very fast.
3rd battle of the aisne- see assigned blog
2nd battle of the psalm- between germany and the british- western front. 1918.
9. What were the major military strategies for winning the war for both Allied and Central Powers?
That was mine
10. What were some of the weapons of WWI?
colt m1911, smith and Weston model 10, CQC, machine guns were more of defensive weapons in the trench, tanks, airplanes gas attacks, flamethrowers,
11. Describe trench warfare.
the warfare fought inside trenches. trenches were dug out ditches that were used to hide themselves during war. defensive warfare. led to many many casualties. 100-200 yards apart. went on for hundreds of miles.
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? didnt like it..
11. Describe trench warfare.
the warfare fought inside trenches. trenches were dug out ditches that were used to hide themselves during war. defensive warfare. led to many many casualties. 100-200 yards apart. went on for hundreds of miles.
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?
treaty of verassile
- the big for countries that attended this was France, Great Britain, America, Italy.
- signed after many months of arguments
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