WWI

The four main causes of WWI

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

New weapons introduced during WWI

submarines, tanks, airplanes, machine guns, poison gas

What affect did the new weapons have on the war?

extensive loss of life and property damage

The assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was a supporter of...

Serbian nationalism

What was the first nation to declare war on another in the conflict that became WWI

Austria-Hungary

What battle left the Schlieffen Plan in ruins?

The First Battle of the Marne

What did Germany have to do as a result of the First Battle of the Marne?

Fight a two-front war

What was the Gallipoli campaign designed to do?

Defeat the Ottoman Turks, bring an end to the stalemate, and establish a supply line to Russia

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ended the war between what two nations?

Germany and Russia

What were the Fourteen Points?

A plan for the postwar world

Who proposed the League of Nations

Woodrow Wilson

What Allied nation was excluded from the League of Nations?

Russia

Why did Germany invade Belgium?

To attack France from the North

Why did Germany use unrestricted submarine warfare?

To keep cargo ships from reaching Great Britain

Total War

when nations devote all of their resources to the war effort

The Zimmerman Note exposed Germany's plan to do what?

help Mexico regain U.S. territory

What nation's actions caused the U.S. to enter WWI?

Germany

Who was forced to assume full responsibility for the war under the Treaty of Versailles?

Germany

How did the Treaty of Versailles affect postwar Germany?

It left them feeling hatred and bitterness

What was America's public opinion regarding the League of Nations

They thought we should stay out of European affairs

Western Front

border between Germany and France

Eastern Front

border between Germany and Russia

Central Powers

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

Allied Powers

France, Russia, Great Britain, U.S.

Propaganda

material created to influence public opinion

Reasons the U.S. entered the war

Zimmerman notes, unrestricted submarine warfare, sinking of the Luisitania

Militarism

policy of glorifying the power and keep a standing army prepared for war

What region is referred to as the powder keg of Europe

the Balkan Peninsula

What was the purpose of the trenches

to protect soldiers from enemy gunfire on the front lines

Imperialism

when a stronger country takes over a weaker nation with the intent of dominating it politically, economically, and socially

The spark that ignited WWI

the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand