WW1

Question 1

What were the causes of the war?

Answer 1

1. Nationalism
2. Imperialism
3. Technology/Weapons

Question 2

How did the war start?

Answer 2

1. Serbia wants to obtain land lost from Albania/ Austria-Hungary

A. Ultra-nationalistic group Black Hand plans assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Serbia

B. Failed attempt

C. Gavrilo Princip kills Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie

2. Austria Hungary demands from Serbia:

Reparations- monetary payments for damages to an item, person, mind

Place Austrian-Hungarian official in Serbia to investigate the assassination

Serbia refuses= Austria-Hungary invades= Russia declares war on Austria- Hungary

Question 3

Who was in the Triple Entente?

Answer 3

1. Great Britain
2. France
3. Russia

Question 4

Who was in the Triple Alliance?

Answer 4

1. Germany
2. Italy
3. Austria-Hungary

Question 5

Who were the Allies?

Answer 5

1. Great Britain
2. France
3. Italy **changed sides
4. Russia
5. Romania
6. Serbia
7. Japan

Question 6

Who were the Central Powers?

Answer 6

1. Germany
2. Austria-Hungary
3. Ottoman Empire
4. Bulgaria

Question 7

Who created the Schlieffen plan and why?

Answer 7

Alfred von Schlieffen; it was to try to prevent a 2 front war

Question 8

What was the Schlieffen plan?

Answer 8

A: Germany will attack France, moving through Belgium and bypassing French defenses to surround Paris and demand France surrenders

B: Germany will then move its troops by train to the eastern side of the country and fight Russia

Question 9

What country wants to stay natural in the war, and who breaks it?

Answer 9

Belgium wants to remain neutral in the war. Great Britain defends its neutrality. Germany breaks it by attacking through Belgium and Great Britain joins the war

Question 10

What happened in the Battle of the Marne?

Answer 10

Germany almost successful but failed to take Paris. German army had to spread out with no communication between groups. Middle of attack they were vulnerable and France holds on to Paris. They send troops out to the front lines in taxis, trucks, carts, etc.

Question 11

What is trench warfare?

Answer 11

An old style of fighting

Question 12

What are trenches?

Answer 12

Trenches are defensive lines dug into the ground with bunkers

Question 13

What are cons of trench warfare?

Answer 13

Slow fighting, lots of death with little land to gain

Question 14

What is no man’s land?

Answer 14

The area between the trench lines

Question 15

What decisions were made by officers?

Answer 15

Safe times to send out troops, attack plans etc.

Question 16

What is trenchfoot?

Answer 16

Trenchfoot is a fungus on feet due to long exposure to water and mud

Question 17

Why censor letters and mail going home?

Answer 17

To make sure no sensitive of secret information is being sent, as well as keeping moral up at homes.

Question 18

Why was gas so scary?

Answer 18

It attacks eyes and lungs and can cause blindness and long painful death

Question 19

What were the new weapons in WW1?

Answer 19

Machine guns, gas, artillery, tanks, planes, U-boats and dreadnoughts

Question 20

What was the deadliest weapon in WW1?

Answer 20

Machine guns

Question 21

Who and in what year were tanks created?

Answer 21

They were made in 1916 by the British

Question 22

What was Western Front?

Answer 22

Great Britain and France vs. Germany

Question 23

How many died in the Battle of Somme?

Answer 23

1.2 million people

Question 24

Who quoted “British fight like lions, but are led by donkeys”?

Answer 24

General Joffre

Question 25

What happened in the battle of Jutland?

Answer 25

It was the largest sea battle- both sides clam victory

Question 26

What is isolationism?

Answer 26

US tries to stay out of European affairs

Question 27

Why did the US enter the war?

Answer 27

1. Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
2. Sinking of the Lusitania
3. Attacks on American sea coast and harbors
4. Zimmerman Telegram

Question 28

When did the US congress declare war?

Answer 28

April 6, 1917

Question 29

What was the American Expeditionary Force?

Answer 29

A 2 million man army led by General Pershing

Question 30

What was the Jones Act?

Answer 30

When Puerto Rican’s were given US citizenship if they enlisted

Question 31

Who won the Medal of Honor?

Answer 31

Alvin York

Question 32

What unit never lost a trench in WW1?

Answer 32

The African American unit who fought with the French

Question 33

What happened in the 2nd battle of Marne?

Answer 33

Germany goes on the offensive to end the war before US makes it to Europe

Question 34

What was the “Black Day”?

Answer 34

When they pushed into the Argonne Forest

Question 35

When was the Armistice?

Answer 35

November 11, 1918 at 11 pm

Question 36

What treaty were the Germans forced to sign in a Railroad car?

Answer 36

The treaty of Versailles

Question 37

What were the conditions of the treaty?

Answer 37

1. Germany takes blame for the war
2. Germany pays reparations to Great Britain and France
3. Germany gives up the Rhineland to France
4. Germany may not have an organized army

Question 38

What were the consequences of the treaty?

Answer 38

1. Germany falls into an economic depression, and so will Europe soon after
2. Japan rejects European ideals and creates Asian Co- Prosperity Sphere
3. US enjoys a time of economic prosperity