Week 25 New Flashcards
The original name given to WWI:
The Great War
Archduke of Austria-Hungary killed by a Serbian revolutionary:
Franz Ferdinand
Two competing forces in WWI:
Allies: Great Britain, France, Russia, China, Greece, Japan, Belgium, Italy (from 1915), and United States (from 1917) Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire
President during WWI:
Woodrow Wilson
The right of women to vote:
women’s suffrage
The three men who met together to draft the peace treaty after WWI and the countries they represented:
- Woodrow Wilson- United States 2. David Lloyd George- Great Britain 3. Georges Clemenceau- France
Harsh document drafted at the peace conference after WWI
The Versailles Peace Settlement/Treaty of Versailles
Wilson’s idea for sustained world peace:
The League of Nations
Date America enters WWI:
1917
Dates of WWI (The Great War)
1914-1918