who was kaiser wilhelm and what role did he play in what happened next?

Question 1

who was kaiser wilhelm and what role did he play in what happens next

Answer 1

he was the last german emperor and king of prussia.

Question 2

what were the alliances and what were there powers

Answer 2

triple alliance (central powers) triple entente (allied powers)

Question 3

what was the scheffeln plan and why did it fail?

Answer 3

it was a trench warfare strategy and it failed because troops couldn’t move fast enough

Question 4

what was important about about the battle of vinny ridge

Answer 4

canadians captured the ridge when no one else could

Question 5

what was important about the battle of ypres?

Answer 5

it was the first time poison gas was used (mustard and chlorine) it was the first battle canada was involved in and first time gas masks were needed

Question 6

what was important about the battle of somme

Answer 6

first time tanks were used in battle (invented by the bristish and new kind of warfare)

Question 7

what was important about the battle of passchendaele

Answer 7

muddiest battle which caused rose riffles to be jammed easily that caused many casualties

Question 8

Who were the leaders of the main countries

Answer 8

Great Britain-King George V
Russia-russian emperor nicholas II
Germany- german kaiser wilhelm II
Austria- king franz joseph
Canada- prime minister robert borden

Question 9

who were the air aces

Answer 9

billy bishop and red baron(german)

Question 10

who was billy bishop

Answer 10

the top canadian air ace

Question 11

who was the red baron

Answer 11

he was a german fighter pilot during ww1

Question 12

what we’re airplanes used for in ww1

Answer 12

it was mostly used to observe over regions and look over enemy trenches and spy

Question 13

who assassinated franz-ferdinand, why and where

Answer 13

gavirilo princip who was apart of the black hand when he was visiting serbia, why because the black hand thought serbias independence was threatened

Question 14

what was the lusitania and why was it important

Answer 14

the lusitania was a passenger ship the was holding americans and canadians. it was it by a german submarine. it was important because it brought the US into the war

Question 15

what were u-boats

Answer 15

u-boats we’re german submarines

Question 16

what was jutland

Answer 16

jutland was the biggest naval battle in ww1

Question 17

what we’re dreadnoughts

Answer 17

we’re big battleships made by the british that would outfight any ship afloat

Question 18

what were convoy systems

Answer 18

a group of ships sailing together for protection

Question 19

what we’re some of the new weapons and technologies of ww1

Answer 19

tanks, poison gas, machine guns and new fighting skills

Question 20

what was life like for minority soldiers

Answer 20

they were down graded and seen a less worthy and important compared to white soldiers

Question 21

why was ww1 important for women

Answer 21

women got to work for the first time since men were off fighting. which then they went to protest to get rights like voting

Question 22

what was the war time elections act

Answer 22

it was the first act that allowed women to vote in federal elections

Question 23

what we’re the suffragists

Answer 23

was the right of women to vote in elections

Question 24

who was arthur currie

Answer 24

arthur currie was the Canadian Division Commander and was important because he successfully planned the attack at vimy ridge and became the commander of the entire canadian corps

Question 25

what was life like on the homefront

Answer 25

women nursed injured and dying men in uniform and at home, men and women worked side by side in factories as well as agriculture with children too

Question 26

what we’re victory bonds

Answer 26

victory bonds were a government loan that could be redeemed in 5,10 or 20 years

Question 27

what was the wartime patriotic fund

Answer 27

provide adequate support and comfort to wives and other dependents of those men who had volunteered their services to their Country

Question 28

how did canadian children participate in the war at home

Answer 28

young boys worked on farms to help with agricultural

Question 29

What was conscription,and how was it recieved in various parts of Canada

Answer 29

conscription was imposed on all single men from ages 18-41 except those who were medically unfit, teachers or certain classes of industrial workers. people in quebec didn’t feel they needed to fight since they were in canada and not in great britain or france

Question 30

what was the mobilization act

Answer 30

national registration of eligible men and authorized conscription for home defence

Question 31

bu who was henry bourassa

Answer 31

he led opposition to conscription and saw that french canadians didn’t want to feel obligated to for france or great britain

Question 32

what was the military voters act

Answer 32

It made all male citizens aged 20 to 45 subject to conscription for military service

Question 33

what happened to russia in 1917 and how did it affect the allies

Answer 33

the russian revolution happened which affected the allies because it eventually took them out of the war

Question 34

who was lenin

Answer 34

Russian communist revolutionary and head of the Bolshevik Party

Question 35

what we’re the causes of ww1

Answer 35

militarism, imperialism, nationalism and alliance system

Question 36

why did canada enter the world war

Answer 36

canada belonged to great britain and canadians felt patriotic since that’s where most of them came from

Question 37

what was the black hand

Answer 37

the black hand was a serbian society/ terrorist group

Question 38

who was sam hughes and why was he important

Answer 38

general minister of militia who made canadians use certain guns that caused many deaths

Question 39

what we’re the conditions of the trenches

Answer 39

Muddy,disease infested,rats,dead bodies decomposing everywhere,loud 24/7,wet,Trenc foot,lice,no-mans land,dugouts,saps,shellshock,duckboards,over the top

Question 40

what we’re the major battles

Answer 40

vimy ridge, somme, passchendaele, ypres

Question 41

treaty of bret-litovsk

Answer 41

was the treaty russia signed when they got out of the war

Question 42

communism

Answer 42

Communism is a political and economic system that seeks to create a classless society

Question 43

3 reason the US entered the war

Answer 43

1.the lusitania
2. german invasion of belgium
3.germany encouraging mexico to attack the US

Question 44

how and when did the war end

Answer 44

the war ended on november 11th 1918 when a formal agreement called armistice happened that stopped formal fighting

Question 45

what was a positive outcome of the war for canada as a nation

Answer 45

canada gained partial independence from britain and womens rights increased

Question 46

what happened in the paris peace conference

Answer 46

the big four britain, france, italy and the united states, germany, russia and german allies weren’t represented

Question 47

treaty of versailles

Answer 47

signed on june 28th 1919, germany was forced to pay 33 billion dollars to the allies in reparations over 30 years

Question 48

woodrow wilson

Answer 48

the president of the unites states and had 14 points that outlined measures to maintain peace after ww1

Question 49

the 14 points

Answer 49

germany agreed to surrender if president wilson used his 14 points to negotiate peace treaty

Question 50

imperialism

Answer 50

the policy of one nation acquiring, controlling or demanding another country or region

Question 51

militarism

Answer 51

a nations policy of enlisting, training, equipping, maintaining armed forces ready for work

Question 52

nationalism

Answer 52

devotion to and support of one’s culture and nation, sometimes resulting in promotion of independence