Final - WWI Flashcards
(20 cards)
Nationalism
Belief that national interests and ethnic unity should come before global issues
1. France and Germany compete for power
2. Russia protects the Slavs including Serbs
3.Countries looking for colonies in Africa and Asia
Imperialism
Exerting economic and political control over another country.
Franz Ferdinand
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand - June 28, 1914
- Heir to Austrian throne
- Killed by Serb Terrorists known as the “Black Hand” -Gavrilo Princip
Start of WW1 (Long fuse)
Militarism
Build-up of weapons
1. Germany feels “encircled” by Russia and France
2. Britain, France and others respond with a build-up of their own
Alliance System
Two major systems develop to protect others in their system
1. Triple Entente (Allies) - France, Great Britain, Russia, (Serbia and others)
2. Central Powers-Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
Trench Warfare
a series of two, three, four, or more trench lines running parallel to each other and being at least 1 mile (1.6 km) in depth. Each trench was dug in a type of zigzag so that no enemy, standing at one end, could fire for more than a few yards down its length.
Allied Powers
France, Great Britain, Russia, (Serbia and others)
Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
Wolf-packs
convoy of u-boats (Not a lone wolf)
Zimmerman Note
decode note proposed a military contract between the German Empire and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany. With Germany’s aid, Mexico would recover Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. The telegram was intercepted by British intelligence.
Lusitania
Germany attacking ships with their U-Boat submarines
They sink the Lusitania -more than 1,000 die (128 Americans)
Treaty of Versailles
Ends WW1 - Demands Germany admit they caused the war and they will pay reparations or war damages, 9 new countries formed.
Wilson Puts forth Fourteen Points-includes an idea for an international organization called the League of Nations. Allies reject most of the plan except the League
- Ironically, later the US Senate votes NOT to join the League
C. Treaty of Versailles
1. Demands Germany admit they caused the war and they will pay
reparations or war damages, 9 new countries formed.
“He kept us out of war”
President Woodrow Wilson – Tried to avoid WW1
James Montgomery Flagg
paint I Want U Uncle Sam Poster
Victory Gardens
help war effort - Americans were encouraged to produce their own food, planting vegetable gardens in their backyards, churchyards, city parks, and playgrounds
Espionage and Sedition Acts
couldn’t appear disloyal to war effort
Conscientious objector
Those who refused to fight
Selective Service Act
Men are drafted to fight. Some men who are opposed to war for various reasons become “conscientious objectors”
Weaponry advances in WW1
- Long-Range cannons (9-mile Big Bertha)
- Zeppelins – Bombing and surveying
- Machine Gun – 600 rounds/minute
- Mustard Gas – Chlorine
League of Nations
At End of WW1 Wilson Puts forth Fourteen Points-includes an idea for an international organization called the League of Nations.
