wwi Flashcards
DEFINITION: BUILDING UP MILITARY FORCES
Militarism
DEFINITION: AGREEMENTS BETWEEN NATIONS TO AID EACH OTHER
Alliance
DEFINITION: ONE COUNTRY TAKES OVER ANOTHER FOR RESOURCES
Imperialism
DEFINITION: PRIDE AND DEVOTION TO YOUR COUNTRY
Nationalism
WWI STARTED IN WHAT YEAR?
1914
THE ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND WAS KILLED IN WHAT CITY?
Sarajevo
3 MAIN CENTRAL POWER COUNTRIES
A.H., Ottoman Empire, Germany
ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM ENCOURAGED WHICH COUNTRY TO ATTACK THE US
Mexico
ALLIED COUNTRIES
Russia, France, USA, Great Britain, Italy, Japan
NAME OF THE PASSENGER SHIP SUNK IN 1915 AND 128 US CITIZENS DIED
Lusitania
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION OCCURRED IN WHAT YEAR?
1917
NAME THE RUSSIAN LEADER WHO CAME BACK FROM EXILE TO LEAD
Lenin
AFTER THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, THEY TURNED TO THIS FORM OF ECONOMICS/POLITICS?
Communism
CHECK ALL OF THE REASONS THE US ENTERED THE WAR
Money, Zimmerman Telegram, Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
CHECK ALL OF THE NEW WEAPONS USED IN WWI
Machine guns, poison gas, tanks
US PRESIDENT DURING WWI
Wilson
WHICH ACT ALLOWED THE GOV’T TO SEARCH YOUR MAIL AND LIBRARY BOOKS TO LOOK FOR SPYS?
Espionage Act
WHICH ACT MADE IT ILLEGAL TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OR THE WAR EFFORT?
Sedition Act
PROPAGANDA THAT SAYS JOIN THE CROWD IS?
Bandwagon
PROPAGANDA THAT HAS A CATCHY PHRASE BUT NOT MUCH INFO?
Glittering Generalities
PROPAGANDA THAT USES NEGATIVE WORDS TO CREATE FEAR AND DISLIKE OF PEOPLE, IDEAS, OR INSTITUTIONS
Name-Calling
TREATY THAT ENDED WWI
Versailles
CHECK ALL THE OPTIONS THAT DESCRIBE THE TRENCHES
Muddy, Rat Infested
CHECK THE POSITIVE REASONS TO JOIN THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
- Nature of war was changing
- Group effort on large issues
- Public process to air issues with other countris
CHECK THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF 14 POINTS
- No secret treaties
- Freedom of the seas
- Self-governing
