World War 1 Flashcards
M.A.I.N
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
Militarism
A country building up it’s military
Alliances
Central Powers, and allied powers
Imperialism
gaining resources and power by gaining territory
Nationalism
feeling extreme pride in one’s country
Which was thought to be the greatest cause
Nationalism
Assassination of…..
Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Austria-Hungary
Triple Alliance/ Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey/Ottoman Empire
Which country would switch sides during the war?
Italy
Triple Entente/ Allied Powers
France, Russia, and Great Britian. US would join making it the Allied powers
Propaganda
Used a lot in WWI used to promote or hurt a cause or promote militarism on Nationalism
Where was trench warfare especially used?
Eastern and and Western Fronts
Weapons used for the first time
Tank, airplane, machine guns, trench warfare
U-Boat
A German submarine that helped Germany dominate the seas
Three Causes the US went into the war
Zimmerman Telegram and The sinking of the Lusitania, and Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare
The Zimmerman Telegram
A Telegram sent to Mexico from Germany saying that if Mexico entered they would help get back land from the US
How many soldiers did the US bring?
hundreds of thousands
The US entered the war
Under Woodrow Wilson in 1917
Russia World leader
Czar Nicholas II
Germany World leader
Kaiser Wilhelm
14 points
created by Woodrow Wilson for peace
Treaty of Versailles
Made Germany pay a lot of money, take blame, could not build military,
League of Nations
Mostly unsuccessful and Germany was not allowed to join
