ww1 Flashcards
Four causes of the war:
- Militarism
-Alliance - Imperialism
- nationalism
known as the powder keg
ready to explode was the Balkan peninsula
who was the archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke of Austria-Hungary
what was the black hand
Serbian terrorist group
who was Gavrilo Princep
the person who killed the archduke and his wife
describe pan-Slavism
bring independence to the region
describe how the assassination of the archduke of austria created World war
they were given an ultimatum or war
and because of the allies
what was the original purpose of the alliance system
balance of power
name five modern weapons used in the world war.
- Machine guns
-artillery
-tanks
-zeppelins - poison gas
three purpose of propaganda
- recruitment of men
- promote patriotism at home/ support
- make the enemy look evil
the western front extended from
north sea to Switzerland
three main reasons the usa entered the war
- sinking of the Lusitania
- 1917 - unrestricted submarine warfare
- Zimmerman telegram
the eastern front extended from
the Baltic sea to black sea
why did russia pull out of the war
because the communist promised the people to pull them out if they help them come to power
allied powers concerned why
because Germany can now concentrate all its forces on the western front
3 American impacts
- boosted morale of the allied powers
- fresh man troops
- supplies and equipment
“Bloody Stalemate”
neither side wins
Big four
Great Britain - david lloyd geroge
France - georges clemenceau
USA - woodrow wilson
Italy - vittorio orlando
purpose of first five points of wilson’s peace plan
ways to prevent war
self determination meant
nations should have the right to govern themselves
goal and purpose of the league of nations and what it was
-prevent future wars
-international peacekeeping organization
four results of WWI
- death toll 21 million died
2.russians became communists - 4 major empires collapsed
- USA becomes world power
central powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary and ottoman turks
Allied powers
Russia, France, Great Britain and later the USA
what marked the turning point in the war
America joins the war
agreement to stop fighting
armistice
countries began preparing for war
mobilization
warring sides
belligerent
info used to influence public opinion
propaganda
u-boats
Underwasserboots
war of attrition
wear the other side out
huns
germans
doughboys
American
tommy’s
British
frogies
french
spanish flu
Spanish influenza that killed millions
isolationism
stay out of European affairs
“pistols” life expectancy was 2 weeks
suicide club
area between the trenches
no mans land
British luxury liner
Lusitania
went on a good will tour with his wife and died
Franz Ferdinand
russian king abdicated the throne
czar Nicholas II
red baron
greatest flying ace
Manfred von Richtofen
promised the peasants sum things
Vladimir Lenin
king of England who accepts surrender
King George V
war to end war
great war
russian revolutionist
Bolsheviks revolution
king of germany forced to leave the throne after WW1
kaiser wilhelm
King of Austria-Hungary
franz joseph
Arthur Zimmerman
promsied mexico their land back
top American ace from Columbus ohio 20 kills
Eddie Rickenbacker
In charge of the American expedition of the American expeditionary force (U.S army)
john pershing
