1. What were the causes of WWI in Europe?
-Central powers and Allied forces
-imperialism
-militarism
-nationalism
-assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
2. What were the major alliances of WWI?
-Biggest Allied Powers: US, France, Great Britain, Italy, Russia
-Russia and Serbia
-Germany and Austria-Hungary
-France and Russia
-Britain and France and Belgium
-Japan and Britain
3. What were the goals of WWI for all the major countries involved?
-Austria Hungary..wanted to control Serbia and the Ottoman Empire
-Central powers and Allied forces
-imperialism
-militarism
-nationalism
-assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
2. What were the major alliances of WWI?
-Biggest Allied Powers: US, France, Great Britain, Italy, Russia
-Russia and Serbia
-Germany and Austria-Hungary
-France and Russia
-Britain and France and Belgium
-Japan and Britain
3. What were the goals of WWI for all the major countries involved?
-Austria Hungary..wanted to control Serbia and the Ottoman Empire
-Great Britain..wanted to maintain as a superpower and leading country, keep British empire
-Germany..maintain German unification, isolate France, acquire colonies
-Russia..got out of war, Bulshivik Revolution
-France..recapture Alsace-Lorraine, become the Dominant Continental Power
4. What were some of the major land battles prior to US involvement-1914-March, 1917?
-Battle of Verdum
-Battle of Marne
-Battle of Ypres
-Battle of Passchendaele
-Battle of Lys
-The Advance of Flounders
-Battle od Somme
5. What were some of the major naval battles of WWI?
-Battle of Jutland
5. What were some of the major naval battles of WWI?
-Battle of Jutland
-Battle of Dogger Bank
-Battle of Heligoland
-Battle of Coronel
-Battle of Falkland Islands
6. What were the US reactions to WWI starting in 1914?
-declared neutrality
7. What were the causes for US involvement in WWI?
-Great Britain and Germany were sinking US ships ***
-Zimmerman note (was a code telegram) ***
-American Business
8. What were the major land battles for the US in WWI?
-Battle of Cantigny
-Battle of Belleau Wood
-Battle of Lehamel
-Battle of Marne
9. What were the major military strategies for winning the war for both Allied and Central Powers?
-Schlieffen Plan..Germany's plan of attack
-Plan 17..France's plan of attack
-Plan G and 19..Russia's plan of attack
10. What were some of the weapons of WWI?
-bayonet
-flamethrower
-poison gas
-submarines or u-boats
-machine guns
11. Describe trench warfare.
-battling between two opposing armies that are both entrenched
12. Describe what happened on the US Home Front in WWI.
-worked factories
-made "war gardens"
-US sent weapons, food, bullets
-women did a lot to help working in factories
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?
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