World war one

Question 1

causes of world war one main

Answer 1

m= militarism. powers wanted huge armies and war was glamorized also britian had the largest navy and germany started to compete with them for an arms race. this lead france to feel threatened so militarism even more
a= alliances- many countries were getting in alliances and it made them feel like they had more power.
i= imperialism industrialization resulting in powers going to other countries for resources because land = money = power
n= nationalism- countries proud and want to take over other countries and don't want to be taken over

Question 2

two alliances

Answer 2

triple alliance- germany, austria hungary and italy

triple entente- britian russia and france

Question 3

balkans

Answer 3

russia wanted them- good for seas warm water ports and they promoted panslavism which united the people but austria hungary feared this because they would lose control and the ottoman empire lost control of the balkans and they were crumbling.

Question 4

black hand

Answer 4

wanted to free country from austria and have independence and they assassinated archduke ferdinand

Question 5

last straw to cause war

Answer 5

archduke ferdinand was assassinated
austria blamed serbia
germany supported austria
serbia refused to submit ultimatum
austria declared war
russia mobilized troops to defend serbia
germany mobilized troops-so did france and britian
germany attacked france
britian declared war on germany and so did canada because we automatically went to war when britain did

Question 6

pm

Answer 6

bordon

Question 7

women

Answer 7

not aloud to fight but they were nurses and drove ambulances and eventually got the right to vote and got male dominated jobs because all of the men were gone.

Question 8

sam hughes

Answer 8

minister of militia- asshole was accused of profiteering with his friends buy giving soldiers shitty equipment.

Question 9

war measures act

Answer 9

1914 gave the government the power to do everything for the security, safety, order, etc for the country including suspending habeas corpus which was the right for a person to be brought before a judge when arrested. so the government could detain anyone and send them to internment camps if they though that the people were a threat to the country like german immigrants and stuff.

Question 10

scheiffin plan

Answer 10

german planned to attack france and russia at the same time. wanted to go thru belgium to take france. relied on two assumptions 1. that britain wouldn’t help france and 2. it would take russia time to mobilize army. it almost worked but russia already had troops mobilized and it had to reinforce troops to the east.also britain did side with france

Question 11

western front

Answer 11

western europe trench warfare

Question 12

war attrition

Answer 12

exhausting enemy before you’re army is exhausted

Question 13

ypres

Answer 13

germans used chlorine gas and to survive you had to urinate on a cloth or die and it was the first major battle for canada

Question 14

battle of somme

Answer 14

july to nov and they attacked german trenches and commanders used stupid tactics that didn’t work with machine guns heavy losses soon many people died

Question 15

vimmy ridge

Answer 15

germans had control and britain and france both tried a couple of times but it didn’t work but under the command of lieutenant byng canada won

Question 16

passchendale

Answer 16

victory for 5 months. currie took orders from haig

Question 17

what weapon changed trench warfare

Answer 17

machine guns

Question 18

what happened to halifax

Answer 18

in 1917 a ship carrying explosives and not displaying red flag blew up in the harbour `

Question 19

germany

Answer 19

had uboats which were submarines that could not be detected by other ships and they said any one travelling in war waters would get shot down and they sunk the lusitania ( a us ship) which made usa enter the war against germany

Question 20

homefront

Answer 20

civilians of nation at war that support the war

Question 21

victory bonds

Answer 21

bonds issued by canadian government to support the war they said they’d give them back after

Question 22

taxes

Answer 22

income tax. people had to pay a certain amount of their income and it was supposed to be temporary. corporation taxes businesses had to pay taxes too.

Question 23

conscription

Answer 23

forced enlistment in the military

Question 24

military service act 1917

Answer 24

conscription compulsory for all men between the ages of 20-45

Question 25

conscientious objectors

Answer 25

opposes war for religious or moral reasons

Question 26

french

Answer 26

nationalists and didn’t want to fight someone elses war bankrupting their own country. they didn’t want to enter the war because there was no effort to keep french people together and they all had to farm. henri bourassei was a french critic about conscription saying it would bankrupt the country and make it less independent and that it would also divide the nation

Question 27

military voters act

Answer 27

( over seas) act that allowed men and woman over seas to vote

Question 28

war time election act

Answer 28

gave vote to canadian women related to service men. and cancelled vote for conscientious objectors and immigrants from other countries

Question 29

khaki election

Answer 29

coalition govt formed by conservatives and some liberals . no conscripts actually fought in the war.

Question 30

abdicate

Answer 30

give up a position of authority

Question 31

central powers

Answer 31

ottoman empire, austria hungary,germany, bulgaria

Question 32

treaty of brest litovsk

Answer 32

russia and central powers signed this and then germany did not have to defend the west and attacked deeply into france before the US allies arrived they pushed the front 75 km from paris

Question 33

hundred days campaign

Answer 33

final allied offence against the central powers and USA came and countered the german attacks in france germans army was exhuasted

Question 34

when did the war end officially

Answer 34

1918 nov 11

Question 35

paris peace conference

Answer 35

meeting in paris 1919 to discus terms of peace agreement after the war. germany and allies were not invited. neither was russia because they signed the treaty of brest litovsk.canada had its own vote even though america thought it was just another vote for britain this lead to canadas autonomy ( independence) peace conference created treaty of versailles and the league of nations

Question 36

treaty of versailles

Answer 36

treaty that helped end war germany had to sign war guilt class which was a part of the treaty that made germany responsible for the war and allies threatened to resume fighting if the did not sign this.

Question 37

league of nations

Answer 37

USA president wilsons idea-collective security- if one nation was attacked then everyone helped. britian and france didn’t like this because they wanted to be imperialistic and USA didn’t even join the league. they punished aggressive nations by imposing economic sanctions against it or restricting trade