Chapter 14 Section 3

Question 0

Im order to have military numbers required to win the war, countries imposed universal military conscription. What is that?

Answer 0

The draft

Question 1

What is total war?

Answer 1

Channeling of nation’s entire resources into the war effort

Question 2

What did governments do to pay the costs of war?

Answer 2

Raised taxes and borrowed money

Question 3

Define ration.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

At the beginning of the war, Britain’s navy formed a _______ to keep ships from carrying supplies in and out of Germany.

Answer 4

Blockade

Question 5

International law allowed wartime blockades to confiscate CONTRABAND. What is that?

Answer 5

Military supplies and raw materials needed

Question 6

How did Germany respond to the blockade?

Answer 6

They used U-boats to create its own blockade

Question 7

What was the Lusitania and what happened to it?

Answer 7

A British liner, it was hit by a torpedo and many passengers were killed.

Question 8

Government in every country began to censor the press and anything else it could. What was the purpose of this censorship?

Answer 8

To keep discouraging news from reaching the public.

Question 9

Both sides if the war began using propaganda. What is this?

Answer 9

The spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause

Question 10

Propaganda was used to send positive messages regarding the war. Name two.

Answer 10

1. To motivate military mobilization

2. Urge civilians to loan money to the government

Question 11

Propaganda was also used to spread negative messages, or atrocities. What is an example of one and were they always true? Explain.

Answer 11

The brutality of Germany’s invasion of Belgium; many were exaggerated or made up

Question 12

Women were crucial to the war effort in every country. What roles did women take during WWI?

Answer 12

They took over men’s jobs and kept economies going

Question 13

What happened to women after the war ended?

Answer 13

They had to give up jobs; gave women a sense of pride

Question 14

Morale was collapsing by 1917. Why?

Answer 14

Germany was sending 15 year old recruits to the front

Question 15

In 1917, the Russian Revolution began to overthrow their monarchy. V.I. Lenin led the revolution and set up a new government in Russia. He signed the treaty of Brest-Litvosk. What did this treaty do?

Answer 15

Ended Russians participation in the war

Question 16

What impact did the Treaty of Brest-Litvosk have on the war?

Answer 16

It led Germany to focus its forces on the western front

Question 17

Shortly after the Russians left the war, the United States joined the Allies. Three reasons:

Answer 17

1. US shaped a cultural history and language with Britain
2. Germany resumed unrestricted submarines warfare
3. Germany offered to help Mexico regain lost land in the US

Question 18

Who was Arthur Zimmerman?

Answer 18

German foreign minister

Question 19

What was the Zimmerman note and what effect did it have on the war?

Answer 19

Germany offered Mexico land in the US in return for Mexico’s support

Question 20

Who was the president of the United States?

Answer 20

Wilson

Question 21

What were Wilson’s 14 points?

Answer 21

A list of his terms of resolving this and future wars

Question 22

What was self-determination?

Answer 22

The right for people to chose their own form of government

Question 23

What happened to the German kaiser William II?

Answer 23

He stepped down and pleaded to the Netherlands

Question 24

A republic was set up in Germany. This democratic government sighted an Armistice. What is that?

Answer 24

An agreement to end fighting

Question 25

What was the data and time of the Armistice (end if war)?

Answer 25

11:00am November 11,1918