| A | B |
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| What is Nationalism? | pride or loyalty to nation or culture |
| What is Imperialism? | building an impire by conquering or colonizing other nations |
| What is militarism? | glorification of military or its strength or ideals |
| Define what an alliance is. | group of nations that agree to achieve the same goals |
| Know how to explain the terms combined to lead to WWI | the countries felt a sense of pride to defend their interests, so they built up their military. Others were aggressive and wanted to build an empire. Therefore, countires formed alliances to protect themselves which pulled most into the war. |
| What is a powder keg? | It took a small spark to ignite the powder keg (war) |
| Identify Central Powers on map | Austira-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria |
| ID Allied powers on map | Serbia, Russia, France, Grt Britain, Italy, (later US) |
| ID Eastern, Western Fronts on map | East=Russia, West=France |
| Analyze US neutrality beginning of conflict | stay out of European affairs, more worried w/Latin Am |
| What choice did US make at first? | Neutrality |
| What was the impact of new weapons? | changed warfare, armies dug trenches to protect machine gun fire |
| What were some of the new weapons? | machine guns, mech. cannons, poison gas, tanks, airplanes, trench warfare |
| Where did most of the fighting take place? | Western and Eastern fronts |
| What is a U-boat? | German submarine |
| How did poison gas effect the war? | Slow death, many died at once, gas- burned lungs or skin; |
| Describe the Zimmerman note | secret telegram to Mexico to Germany; would help Mex to recapture NM,TX,AZ (formed alliance) |
| Describe trench warfare | 475 miles, Switzerland to N. Sea, protected troops from new weapons, no man's land between |
| Physically describe trenches | cold, wet, disease ridden, rats, bodies of dead soldiers, flies |
| What is the Selective Service Act of 1917? | Required men 21-30 to register for draft, 3 million died |
| How did African Am. serve in WWI? | 400,000 Af. Am. served in segregated units |
| Describe Industry & Agriculture during WWI | production increased (fuel, weapons, food), taxes raised to pay for war, "Meatless Mondays" |
| How was propaganda used? | formed Committe on Public Info: tried to unite public on war, recruitment, sell bonds |
| What is Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917-18? | Limited free speech, harsh punishments for spies, if refused to fight were jailed or fined, tortured |
| What are Liberty Bonds? | money borrowed by gov't from private citizens; helped pay for war supplies, loans for Allies |
| Describe role of KS during war | increased wheat production, KS rationed food, ate more corn, purchased bonds, women joined Red Cross |
| What was the slogan used re: wheat? | "Win the war with Wheat" |
| What happened in Ft. Riley, KS? | started flu epidemic of 1918, 30 mill people around world died, 800,00 Am died |
| What is Communism? | gov't allows equal distribution of wealth, ends ownership of private property |
| Where is example of Communism in WWI? | In Russia, led by Vladimir Lenin; Bolsheviks overthrew Russian gov't |
| What happened to turn the war around? | Russia out of war; Germ focused on W. front, Germ pushed out of France, Central powers began to surrender, US joined Allies |
| Where did Allies hold groud? | At Chateau-Thierry (June 1918) |
| What happened in Germany? | the Kaiser gov't was overthrown and Germ formed republic |
| Casualties: | 10 mill soldiers died, 10 mill civilians, 20 mill wounded |
| How was Europe destroyed? | France-maj. destruction, financial disaster, food supplies destroyed, 30 bill in property destroyed |
| Price tag on war? | $200 billion, countries in debt |
| What is armistice? | a ceasefire, Ended war, Nov. 11, 1918, Veterans Day |
| What is Treaty of Versailles? | Treaty between Allied and Central powers, took place in France; Pres. Wilson proposed Fourteen Points |
| What is Wilson's 14 points? | proposals for postwar peace, new nat'l boundaries, ban of secret agreement tween countries, freedom of seas for all |
| Wilson's 14 pts con't: | military cutbacks, people rts to choose own gov't, reduction of tariffs |
| What two things led the US into WWI? | Continued U-boat attacks, The Zimmerman Note |
| In what sea did British blockade Germ. ports? | North Sea |
| League of Nations formed | association of countries to have world peace, protect weak countries, resolve disputes betwn countries |
| What three things did Treaty of Versailles propose? | Punish Germany, create new borders in Europe, form international organizations |
| Explain how Germany was punished | had to admit blame for war, pay up to 33 billion, limitd army, navy controlled by Allies, lost colonies |
| What were New Borders in Europe? | Austria Hungary divided into 4 countries, 5 other nations created to prevent spread of Communism |
| US rejected Treaty of Versailles: | disagreed w/covenant, worried about future involvement in wars, Wilson refused to compromise, never joined League |
| US rejection of Treaty con't: | Senate refused to pass w/ 2/3 majority, US signed separate peace treaty w/Germ |
