Chapter 7 8SS

Treaty of Versailles

was a very long, complicated document consisting of 440 articles divided into 15 parts. This treaty was given to German diplomats who had only had three weeks to respond.

Irreconcilables

were adamantly against joining the League of Nations

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

signed to remove Russia from the Allied Powers

Bernard Baruch

leader of the War Industries Board during WW1

Ferdinand Foch

Supreme Allied Commander during WW1

Karl Marx

a political theorist, suggested, “the very idea of property makes people selfish and greedy.”

Jeanette Rankin

the woman who said “I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war.”

Adolph HItler

The man who stopped war reparation payments for Germany

Czar Nicholas II

the leader of the Russian empire during WW1

Kaiser Wilhelm II

the leader of Germany and encouraged unrestricted submarine warfare. Causing America to join WW1.

Herbert Hoover

chief food administrator during WW1

Woodrow Wilson

asked Congress to declare war on Germany

Lenin

he was the leader of the Bolsheviks, or the Red Army

Gavrilo Princip

a Serbian nationalist who was one of the leaders in the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

Arthur Zimmerman

was a German Foreign Secretary. Proposed that Mexico will declare war against U.S and in return they would get Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, if they won

Purpose of the Battle of Verdun

the purpose of this battle was for Germany to bleed France white. The Germans wanted to capture some of France’s land, after this they thought France would be demoralized

Congress reaction to the Treaty of Versailles

they rejected the Treaty and Wilson’s plea for participation in the League of Nations, which the United States never joined

Countries of the Triple Alliance

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy and was formed in 1882

Counties of the Triple Entente

Great Britain, France, and Russia was formed in 1907

Representatives at the Peace Conference

Woodrow Wilson represented the U.S, David Lloyd George represented Great Britain, George Clemenceau represented France, and Vittorio Orlando represented Italy.

Assisanation of Archduke Ferdinand

Princip assassinated Ferdinad while he and his wife were visiting Sarajevo, Bosnia.

Sinking of the Lusitania

On May 7, 1915 the british ocean liner Lusotania was suddenly torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with nearly 2,00 passengers on board.

Many new technologies in WWI

machine gun, flamethrower, zeppelins, fighter squadrons, barbed wire, tanks, submarine, artillery warfare, aircraft carriers and U-boats

Ingredients to war

the sinking of the Lusitania, Zimmerman Tellerman, and German unrestricted submarine warfare cause the U.S to join the war. WW1 started by countries forming Alliances and all of them wanted imperialism, nationalism, militarism, and other alliances.