WW1 Revised

Question 1

1) Why was World War 1 called the “first industrial war”?
2) What could be some motivations behind that?

Answer 1

Industrial inventions will be put to use for military weapons in order to try to gain an edge on other foreign powers

Question 2

Who were the 3 empires that crumbled after the end of World War 1?

Answer 2

German Empire, Austrian-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire

Question 3

1) From what year to what year did WW1 occur?
2) When did the United States join the war?

Answer 3

1) 1914 - 1918
2) 1917

Question 4

Who was the main participator of the Central Powers that lost the most during WW1?

Answer 4

German Empire

Question 5

List the 4 main causes of World War 1 and their basic definitions?

Answer 5

Militarism

Alliances

Imperialism

Nationalism

Question 6

1) What was the deal with balance of power?
2) Why did militarism make nations more likely go to war (WW1)?

Answer 6

Balance of power was the theory was that militarism would inevitably lead to a balance of power beginning international peace but realistically failed because national leaders wanted to use their weapons on other nations

Question 7

What did alliances provide for nations back then and how did they cause WW1?

Answer 7

Alliances provided trusted relations and mutual military defense/backup between nations. The reason why alliances caused WW1 was because of the overlap or domino effect of a bunch of nations going to war against each other starting with the transnational conflict between 2 nations.

Question 8

Which country switched alliances during the war and why?

Answer 8

Italy because they saw the Central Powers losing power and didn’t want to lose

Question 9

What were the nations involved in the Triple Alliance and in the Central Powers?

Answer 9

Allied Powers – Triple Entente:

• Britain
• France
• Russia
• Serbia
• United States (joined in 1917)

Central Powers:

• Austria-Hungary
• German Empire
• Ottoman Empire
• Bulgaria

Question 10

What could have changed about alliances that would’ve prevented World War 1 (international conflict)?

Answer 10

a reform that could have led to peace was the full knowledge of the alliances between nations which discouraged countries to go to war

Question 11

How did imperialism contribute to tensions/conflict between nations before WW1?

Answer 11

Nations extending over other foreign nation’s imperialized terrirory to expand their own colonial territory

Question 12

How did nationalism lead to Franz Ferdinand’s assassination?

Answer 12

Nationalism motivated radical groups from nations that were under rule by other European nations to rise up and try to gain their independence back.

Question 13

What are some reasons why civilians directly suffered from the war?

Answer 13

• The shift from consumer goods to military goods decreased stock/inventory of consumer goods
• Unions lost the right to strike as economic liberalism declined
• Rights of freedom of speech and freedom of assembly were deprived

Question 14

How did the assassination of Franz Ferdinand spark World War 1?

Answer 14

The Austrian-Hungarian government felt a right after the assassination to send demands to Serbia which they knowingly knew Serbia would decline in order to justify a declaration of war. Alliances would then scale the war out of proportion.

Question 15

What would usually begin trench warfare between opposing sides in World War 1?

Answer 15

Countries were usually at a stalemate with military power and couldn’t make a move toward the opposing side, which made them immobile at military fronts

Question 16

How did the United States joining the war help in ending the war?

Answer 16

the United States financial and military aid gave enough boost for the Triple Alliances to move further beyond trench warfare eventually winning against Central Power sidelines