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World War I Flashcards

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What area is shaded in blue?

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The Balkan Peninsula

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What continent is shaded in green?

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Europe

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What continent is shaded in green?

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South America

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What continent is shaded in green?

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North America

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What continent is shaded in green?

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Asia

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20
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How did electricity affect production in the United States?

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It made things way more efficient to make. This is because rather than using manual labor to do things, they could use machines that needed electricity to work.

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21
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Why did World War I occur in Europe?

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Because the prince of Austria-Hungary got shot by a terrorist from Serbia.

Serbia and Austria-Hungary are both located in the Balkan Peninsula

Technically the dude who got shot isn’t called a prince, he’s called an Archduke, but the Archduke was next in line to be the leader of Austria-Hungary, so it’s why I call him a prince.

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Why did World War I involve so many different countries?

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How World War I started, in order:

  1. Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.
  2. Serbia calls on its friend, Russia, to help them out.
  3. When Russia joins, then Austria-Hungary calls on Germany to help them fight Russia.
  4. When Germany joins, Russia asks France to join to help fight Germany.
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23
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Why did England join World War I?

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Germany wanted to sneak attack France, so they invaded this little country called Belgium since France wouldn’t expect it.

But Belgium was a neutral country, and England didn’t like that Germany was attacking a neutral country, so England got in the war to help France + Russia + Serbia

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What is unrestricted submarine warfare?

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It means that you will attack any ships you see with your submarines. You have NO restrictions on the ships you will attack. “unrestricted”

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25
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What does this picture show?

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Trench Warfare

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26
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What new technology forced soldiers to adopt trench warfare?

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27
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How were soldiers able to take down the trenches of their enemies?

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New Invention: Tanks

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Why did Germany declare unrestricted submarine warfare?

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Because the USA was giving lots of supplies to England. The USA was doing this because they wanted to make money.

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What is the Lusitania?

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It was a ship that had 2,000 people on board and was sunk by the Germans. This is because Germany had declared unrestricted submarine warfare.

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30
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How did the Lusitania affect international opinion?

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It made a lot of people angry at Germany because they were killing innocent people

31
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What is “No Man’s Land”?

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The land between the two trenches of opposing sides.

32
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What principle of the USA was violated because of Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare?

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The freedom of the seas principle

33
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What does “Freedom of the Seas” mean?

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It means that all countries should have the freedom to use the Oceans to make money without having to worry about getting attacked by other countries.

37
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What was the Zimmerman telegram?

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It was a letter sent to Mexico from Germany to convince Mexico to fight against the United States.

If Germany won, they would give Mexico back the lands that the United States had taken during the Mexican-American War.

38
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What were the two major reasons why the United States joined World War I to fight against the Germans?

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  1. Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
  2. Zimmerman Telegram
39
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How did the United States get enough people to fight in the army?

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The US Government passed the Selective Service Act. This forced all men of certain ages to join the army.

This is also called a “draft”.

If you were drafted, then you got sent to war.

41
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What was the Espionage Act?

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It was a law passed by Congress and signed by President Wilson.

If you did anything that gave the Germans an advantage in the war, then you could get sent to jail.

This included talking bad about the US government or disagreeing with World War I

42
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What was the Sedition Act?

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Anyone who spoke out against the war effort during World War I could be sent to jail.

43
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Who was John J. Pershing?

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He was the leader of the American Expeditionary Force.

He was basically the main person in charge of the army during World War I. He commanded the army and helped train U.S. soldiers.

44
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What are doughboys?

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It was the term used to describe American soldiers since the Americans had missed the first 3 years of World War I. This was the first war for almost all of the American soldiers that participated in World War I, so they were new.

45
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Who used chemical weapons during World War I?

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Both sides used chemical weapons. These weapons could kill you by making you suffocate your own blood as it dissolved your lungs.

After World War I, these weapons were banned, because they killed people in really gross ways.

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How did the United States government pay for World War I?

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It raised money using “war bonds”. A bond is when you give the government money and they pay you back after a certain time, with extra money in the form of interest payments.

These war bonds are also called “Liberty Bonds”, and would be paid back by the US government after the war was over.

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How did World War I end?

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The United States joining the war was the deciding factor in the war, and because of this, the American President went to Paris to this huge mansion called the Palace of Versailles.

There, they negotiated the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I.

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How did American President Woodrow Wilson influence the Treaty of Versailles?

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Woodrow Wilson had his 14 points, which he thought were important to maintaining world peace.

The most important of these points was the creation of a world government that could prevent future World Wars by talking their problems out. This world government would be called the “League of Nations”.

49
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What needed to happen for the United States to officially join the League of Nations?

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It needed the support of the United States Senate. This is because one of the Senate’s powers is to approve treaties, like joining the League of Nations.

50
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Who were the irreconcilables?

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These were Republican Senators who were against joining the League of Nations. They didn’t want the United States to join because they thought it would be taking independence away from the USA to be able to do things on its own.

51
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Did the USA join the league of nations?

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No.

Thanks to the irreconcilables

US History 1877-2021 (14 decks)

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