Wednesday Dec.14

1. What were the causes of WWI in Europe?

Nationalism

Arms Race

Crises in Africa

Assasianation of Archduke Ferdinand

2. What were the major alliances of WWI?

Triple alliance-Italy Germany and Austria-Hungary

Triple Eneante-Russisa France And Great Britain

Central powers-German empire, Austria hungary, bulgaria, ottoman empire

Allied powers-France, Great Britian, Italy, Romania, Japan, US

3. What were the goals of WWI for all the major countries involved?

Germany:Bring all people of German desent together,become Eurpean world power

Austria Hungary:Take control of Serbia, Wanted to stop Servian actions in order to keep the Slacs in Austria-Hungary under control,Protect the border betweeen them.

Italy: gain control of the Irredenta, acquire colonies from Germany,Side with the Allied powers

Turkey:unify their contry,restore doninace o Turky in Europe, expand the nation by obtaining colonies Gain resources for the economy

France:retake Alsace-Lorraine,Wanted to weaken Germanys industrial power,stabilize their political system.

Russia:wnated to remove germany as a challenge for land,become a chief miliatary power,be in command of the Bosphorus Strait,Help Serbia with AUstria-Hungary, political in fluencec in smaller countries

Great Britain:perserve its status as a super power,stay ahead of other contries,to weaken Germanys militayr power,defend Belgium and France,wanted land from Germany

US:wilsons 14 points,Aimed for peace throughout Europe after the war,keep Germany from messing wiht US shipping,Make sure Allied powers pay off ther debt,

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

1.The batle of Verdun 1916:fought between France and Germany,Frnace won
2.The First Battle of Marne 1914:between France,United Kingdome against Ferman Empire.Huge victory of the Frence
3.Second Battle of Yepres 1915: between France,UK,Canada and British aginst German Empire. Stalemate
4.First battle of champagne 1914:French against German Empire.

5.Battle of Liege:Belgium vs. Germany, Germans took the city of Liege

6.Battle of Tannenberg:AUgust 23 1914, German army vs. Russia, Germany won

7.Battle for Gallipoli:1915,Turkey vs. Russia?

8.Battle of Flers-Courcelette:september 1916,

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

Battle of Heligoland Bight: August 1914, Great Briatian vs. Germany, Fought in the North Sea,Great Britian won?

BAttle of Dogger Bank:January 1915, Great Britian vs. Germany, Great Britan Won

BAttle of Jutland: Great Britian vs. Germany,May 1916 to June 1916, Great Britain won

Battle of the Falkland Islands: December 1914,

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?

Ainsne 2nd battle April 1917: France and Germany,Germany won

Aisne 3rd battle May 1918: France, UK, US vs. Germany,

Battle of Belleau Wood June 1918: France, British empire, US vs. Germany, We won

BAttle of CAntigny May 1918:US, france vs. Germany, We won, caught alot of german prisoners.

BAttle of Chateau-Thhierry June 1918: US, france, blegiun vs. Germany

Battle of Le Hamel July 4 1918:

2nd BAtttle of Marne July 1918:France,UK,US, italy vs. German Empire, We won, even casualties-140,00 people each

3rd battle of Ypres July 31 1918: UK, france vs. German EMpire, 5th bloodiest battle of WWI

100 days offensive August 8 1918: like 8 countries vs. German EMpire and Astria Hungary, bloodiest battle of WWI

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

■The schleiffen plan:Germany went threw belgium and take over paris
■Hindenburg line-defencive line for the Germans
■French plan 17-offensive
■Austria-Hungary plan B and R
■Russia:plan 19(plan A) attack agaisnt France rather than Russia
10. What were some of the weapons of WWI?

■Machine Guns:took 4-6 men to work
■Artillery-big bertha, mills bomb
■Tanks
■chorine gas:buring in throat, chest pains
■mustard gas:took 12 hours to take affect blistering skin, vomiting, internal/externam bleeding
■U-boats
■aircrafts
■blips
■wireless communication
11. Describe trench warfare.

■fighting lines of trenches where troops are immune to enemy small arms fire and some artillery
■slow wearing of enemies

■area between the trenches-no mans land

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

■women

◦victory gardens
◦took over jobs men did, farming,working in factories ect.
■government propaganda

◦posters, movies,ect.
■vigilantism
■Farming and food

◦pushed for victory gardens
◦preserve food
13. Describe Wilson's 14 Points.

■signed January 1918
■points

◦freedom of the seas
◦free trade for all countries
◦disarment
◦end to colonial claims
◦self determination for all countries
◦reastoration of Belgium-evacuate, and make it better
◦restoration of France-make it better
◦readjustment of italys boundaries
◦Austria-Hungary would be given opportunity for autonomous developement-people would be given opporatunities to form there own governmnet and country they way they wanted
◦Romania,Serbia,and Montenegro should be evacuated and restored
◦Turkey should be socereign-free nation
◦Poland would be given their independence
◦the leage of nations would be developed-one person from each country would represtent each counry and they would keep peace together,world wide peace keeping
14. Describe the points of the Treaty of Versailles.

■nine new countries including, Poland,Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia
■hoped to bring peace to the governments
■Germany didnt like that treaty cause it didnt have the 14 points

15. Why did the US never pass the Treaty of Versailles?
-partasent politics, didnt like the leage of nations

16. Why did the Allied Powers win WWI?
-US involvement: fresh soldiers and supplies
-greater resources: bigger than the central powers, adn were being supplied by the world.
-more money:same
-stronger naval powers: allis had stronger navy,naval blockade
-technology: lot of advancements(tank, weaponry, ect.)

17. Describe the impact WWI had on the world.
-Germany was punished the most for the war
-Germany spent alot of money because of the war
-Austria-Hungary was broken into two seperate countries
-Turkey broke up into like 8 different countries
-Turkey became a democracy
-Bulagaria lost some land, and still had trouble fixing economy
-US didnt like the treaty
-Italy switched sides after US joined the war, economic hardships after the war.
 
18. How did countries react to the Treaty of Versailles?
 
1920's:

1. Roaring 20's

2. A "return to normalcy"

3. Red Scare(1919-1920)

  • communism-redustribute wealth,everything is equal,
  • Karl Marx first came up with the comunism idea
  • Vladimir Lenin-thought the Russian government needed to totally take controll
  • A. Michell Palmer-Attorney General
    • him and j. Edgar Hoover
    • they raided people to get rid of communists.

4. Buying on credit

5. Planes and automobiles

6. Prohibition

7. Republican presidents and philosophy-Harding, Coolidge, Hoover

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