Early Course Of World War One

Question 1

Where was the western front?

Answer 1

along the border of France and Germany, as well as Belgium

Question 2

Where was the eastern front?

Answer 2

along the borders of Russia, Austria Hungary, Germany and surrounding nations

Question 3

What happened in the western front in August 1914

Answer 3

German troops overrun Belgium, invade northern France. French launch unsuccessful counterattack, begin massive retreat

Question 4

What happened in September on the western front 1914

Answer 4

French and British) halt German advance just 30 miles outside of Paris at the Battle of the Marne

Question 5

What was the battle of the Marne?

Answer 5

Single most decisive battle of the war

Question 6

What was the race to the sea?

Answer 6

both sides attempt, unsuccessfully, to outflank one another in the

Question 7

Why did each side try to outflank the other side in the race to the sea

Answer 7

To gain control of the English Channel

Question 8

What is the final result of the Race To the Sea?

Answer 8

stale mate. Both sides dog trenches from the coast to the Swiss border
For the next 3 years, the western front is almost immobile

Question 9

What did Germany underestimate about Russia, that made it so that they did not take out France in time and had to fight a two front war

Answer 9

Germany underestimated Russia’s ability to mobilize

Question 10

Where does much of the fighting take place in present day?

Answer 10

Poland

Question 11

Germany military proves stronger than Russia’s, but why can they not finish Russia?

Answer 11

hampered by the need to bail out its weaker ally Austria Hungary (and the Ottoman Empire)

Question 12

What tradition did president Woodrow Wilson keep when he declared neutrality at the start of World War One?

Answer 12

isolationism, keeping America out of foreign politics

Question 13

At the time, what nation was the United States having a conflict with?

Answer 13

Mexico

Question 14

What was happening when Woodrow Wilson was elected president?

Answer 14

Mexico was in a civil war

Question 15

What happened after Wilson decided to intervene, briefly sending in United States troops and A New Mexican president was put in place

Answer 15

Turmoil continued, though, as the revolutionary Pancho Villa and his army exacted revenge on Americans by raiding a torn in New Mexico in 1916

Question 16

When Wilson then sent 6,000 United States troops led by general John Pershing, to capture Villa what happened?

Answer 16

Hey failed and he escapes

Question 17

What was the United States public response to World War One?

Answer 17

Many favored the allies but some favored the central powers?

Question 18

Why would Americans favor the central powers?

Answer 18

11 million German Americans

Irish- Americans hated Great Britain

Question 19

Why would the American public favor the allies?

Answer 19

Close cultural ties
France helped in American revolution
Big businesses and banks had strong ties with allied nations, loaned $$$

Question 20

How was World War One truly a global war?

Answer 20

fought not only in Europe but also in Asia and the pacific islands, the Middle East, and Africa

Question 21

What is the year of 1917 nicknamed?

Answer 21

The pivotal year

Question 22

What countries army mutinies?

Answer 22

Range

Question 23

What happens when in 1917 in Russia?

Answer 23

The Bolshevik revolution, taking Russia out of the war

Question 24

Why did the United States enter the war?

Answer 24

They did not agree with unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman note

Question 25

What was the Zimmerman note?

Answer 25

When the United States received a note from Britain that they intercepted from Germany, saying that Germany would give most of America to Mexico if they attacked it, and help them later

Question 26

What impact did the United States have on the war when it entered?

Answer 26

Money= funding allied war effort
Morale= knowledge of increasing United States troops boosts allied morale, shattered German morale
United States brings sense of purpose, idealism to the war

Question 27

What does Woodrow Wilson want to make the world safe for?

Answer 27

Democracy

Question 28

What were the two major fronts during world war 1?

Answer 28

East

West