WW1 q

Question 1

what are the 4 reasons for WW1

Answer 1

• Militarism
• Alliances
• Imperialism
• Nationalism

Question 2

what is militarism

Answer 2

building of army to make it strong. this caused tension between countries

Question 3

alliances

Answer 3

alliances caused the war to be a world war and made it bigger than it would have been in the first place

Question 4

imperialism

Answer 4

other countries wanted to become bigger and take over smaller countries. the smaller countries allies stepped in to protect small countries and tension grew as time went on

Question 5

nationalism

Answer 5

all nations wanted to assert their power and wanted to be free of other countries rule

Question 6

new war techniques

Answer 6

zeppelins (blimps), machine guns, trench warfare, tanks, flame throwers, chemical warfare, gas masks, submarines, and bi-planes

Question 7

event that started ww1

Answer 7

black hands killing of the Austrian archduke to “unite Serbians” living in the Balkans

• Russia allies Serbia
• Germany allies Austria

Question 8

allied powers (5)

Answer 8

• britain
• us (1917)
• serbia
• france
• japan

Question 9

central powers (4)

Answer 9

• germany
• austria hungary
• bulgaria
• ottoman empire

Question 10

triple entente (3)

Answer 10

• france
• britain
• russia

Question 11

triple alliance (3)

Answer 11

• germany
• italy
• austria-hungary

Question 12

kaiser wilhelm & pre war views

Answer 12

• aggressive foreign policy
• determined to make Germany a top nation, builds up military
• unrestricted submarine warfare

Question 13

weapon advancement

Answer 13

• zeppelins (blimps)
• machine guns
• chemical warfare
• gas masks
• trench warfare
• flame throwers

Question 14

most devastating weapon

Answer 14

artillery

Question 15

schlieffen plan

Answer 15

Germany plans to defeat France

• attack france in the western front
• plan slowed down as france had built large trenches
• britain gets involved, russia mobilized quicker than expected. caused 2 front war (failed plan)

Question 16

who lost the most people in WW1

Answer 16

Russia (3.3mil)

Question 17

germanys unrestricted submarine warfare

Answer 17

• us did not like it
• kaiser said stay away if you dont want us to attack and if you come close we warned you
• Lusitania; about 200 americans killed
• lusitania one of the causes to add america to the war
• british created blockade preventing germany from receiving food/supplies

Question 18

3 key factors to the us joining

Answer 18

• german u boat attacks
• zimmerman telegram
• bolshevik revelution

Question 19

zimmerman telegram

Answer 19

germany trying to get mexico to declare war on US for US land

Question 20

bolshevik revolution

Answer 20

russia is allies with US and needed help on the western front

Question 21

us neutrality

Answer 21

us wanted to remain neutral by trading with both sides

Question 22

sussex pledge

Answer 22

germany would stop attacking ships if the us got britain to remove blockade on germany

Question 23

mobilization

Answer 23

preparing your country for war

• peacetime economy to war economy
• everything focused on war efforts

Question 24

us mobilization

Answer 24

• food administration rationing food
• war bonds
• propaganda

Question 25

propaganda in the us

Answer 25

used to convince us citizens to be for the war

Question 26

super americanism

Answer 26

pushing of banning (german) items to show Americanism
- ban on german music
- frankfurters-> liberty sticks
etc

Question 27

shneck v US

Answer 27

• shneck sent out anti drafting mails to US citizens
• violated espionage and sedition acts
• lost his case as the supreme court claimed it caused danger in wartime

Question 28

espionage and sedition act

Answer 28

used severe punishments to those spying/going against war efforts

Question 29

eugene debs

Answer 29

• anti war & socialist

- sentenced to 10 years for anti war protests

Question 30

war industries board

Answer 30

built weapons using private companies

Question 31

food administration

Answer 31

ration food so there was enough for military

Question 32

red baron

Answer 32

manfred von richtofen

• famous german pilot who had 80 kills
• was feared by all pilots

Question 33

eddie rickenbacker

Answer 33

-famous american pilot from columbus

Question 34

alvin york

Answer 34

pacifist who single handedly captured german troops and executed them even though he was outnumbered

Question 35

brest-litovsk treaty

Answer 35

ended russias participation in ww1

- peace treaty between bolsheviks and central powers

Question 36

wilsons 14 points

Answer 36

attempt to end ameri-german war (peace without victory)

Question 37

treaty of versailles

Answer 37

allies did not want this war to happen again because of amount of destruction it caused
- put many restrictions on Germany

Question 38

major contributors at versailles

Answer 38

• Lloyd George
• orlando
• wilson
• clemenceau

Question 39

what happened to the us with the amount of deaths

Answer 39

us was scarred

Question 40

aftermath of ww1

Answer 40

• us economic boom (roaring 20’s)
• russia communist
• vengeful germany
• unsettled problems later led to ww2

Question 41

11 new countries

Answer 41

Turkey
Austria
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Soviet union
Yugoslavia
Ireland
Finland
Latvia
Lithuania
Latonia