Study Guide Flashcards
What were the causes of World War I
Bosnian Serb, named gavrillo princip assassinated archduke of Austria Hungary, franz Ferdinand
Austria Hungary sends ultimatum to Serbia which gets rejected
AH declares war on Serbia
What were the 2 pre war alliances and what countries were in them
Triple alliance- Austria Hungary Germany Italy
Triple entente- Russia Great Britain France
What countries were in the allied powers
Us France Russia Italy Serbia
What countries were in the central powers
Ottoman Empire Germany Austria Hungary
Who was gavrillo princip
He assassinated arch duke of Austria Hungary in June 1914
What is a Two front War?
The fighting of the war was taken place on two fronts: western and eastern.
What is the Western front
It was along the border France and Germany, as well as Belgium. It wasn’t a mobile front. The battle of the Marne was taken place here.
What is the Eastern front
Was generally a mobile front, along the borders of Austria Hungary Germany and surrounding nations
What was the US response to WWI
The United States decided to stay neutral on the onset of the war
President Woodrow Wilson kept the tradition of isolationism which is keeping out of foreign conflicts
What the sinking of the Lusitania and when did it occur?
Occured in May 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route from New York to Liverpool, England. Of the more than 1,900 passengers and crew members on board, more than 1,100 perished, including more than 120 Americans.
Who was Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson was the president at the time World War I started. He made the US stay neutral and he used isolationism, which kept the US out of foreign conflicts
Who is pancho villa?
A revolutionary who, with his army exacted revenge on Americans by raiding a town in New Mexico
What were some events that drew the US into WWI
Sinking of the Lusitania, unrestricted submarine warfare, when Germany brought back the unrestricted submarine warfare when they were Asked by US to stop it, Zimmerman telegram which was a secret communication which proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico
What was the impact of the US entering the war
The US had the money to fund to War, boosted morale for the allies, and it broke Germany’s morale
What was the German Spring offensive of 1918
It was when Germany put forth many offensive attacks in the western front. British lines were broken and German troops got within 20 miles of Paris
