WW1 Test Flashcards
Underlying causes of the war
Imperialism, nationalism, alliances, militarism
the spark that lit the powder keg
assassination of archduke Ferdinand by Serbian nationalists
Triple alliance (central powers)
germany, austria-hungary, italy
Triple entente (allies)
britain, France, russia
Schleiffen Plan (kaiser’s plan)
take paris for lunch, russia by dinner- attack one, then the other- led to stalemate
Trench warfare
new way of fighting- death and disease, trench foot
selective service act
american draft, instituted once war was declared against germany
Reasons US entered war
Cultural bond w/ allies, zimmerman telegram propoganda, unrestricted submarine warfare (uboats)
German U boats
german submarines- sank lusitania and killing americans
the great migration
labor shortage during war, migration of blacks to the cities to take the jobs
battle of the somme
british bombed german lines at the river for a week straight, germans hid in a hill and the killed all the british
American Expoditionary forces
led by general “clack jack” pershing, was the americans that went to fight, refused to put americans in british and french regiments
Sussex pledge
promise that germany and US made to warn people before bombing ships with submarines
Lusitania
ship sunk by german U boats- killed lots of americans
Zimmerman Telegram
US intercepted telegram from germany to mexico about invading US
George Creel (Comittee of public info)
in charge of making americans excited and on board for the war
Shench vs US government
Chief justice oliver W Holmes- anything written against US going to war will be arrested- shenck handed out flyers to not go to war
how did the US get money for the war?
people bought war bonds- ended up loosing 20% of their value
Who had the most casualties?
Russia, Germany close 2nd
Who had the least casualties?
America by far
Who was not invited to treaty of versailles?
Russia
Key points of Wilson
no secret alliances, ships travel safely, free trade, restore a country if you took it during the war, no more imperialism, league of nations
league of nations
countries work together to solve conflicts
What was the actual treaty?
Germany pay reparations, 100,000 person standing army, take lands and devide among winners, league of nations
Internationalists
democrats following wilson no matter what
irreconcilables
no, no matter what (mostly republicans)
reservationalists
yes to treaty, no to league of nations
What was wrong with joining the league of nations?
connected to countries if they go to war
wobblies
members of industrial workers of the world, spoke out against the war
