World War 1 Flashcards
(38 cards)
Describe the impact of trench warfare on the western front?
Many sickness and diseases. Many modern weapons were used including the gas mask.
Describe the Schlieffen plan?
Germany’s plan for a two- front war with France and Russia
Explain the impact of WW1 on women’s roles?
Women had more job opportunities and got the right to vote.
Trench warfare frequently led to stalemates on the battlefield? (t/f)
True
The united states entered the war after the sinking of the titanic? (t/f)
False
Germany’s saw the mobilization of Russia’s army as an act of war? (t/f)
True
The triple alliance included Italy, France, Great Britain? (t/f)
False
Czar Nicholas II wife, Alexandria, as influenced by a man named Aleksander Kerensky? (t/f)
False
At the first battle of Marne, French troops were sent to the front lines in taxicabs? (t/f)
True
Under the leadership of Leon Trotsky, soldiers in Russia’s red army who refused to obey orders were executed on the spot? (t/f)
True
Why did admiral holtzendorf promise emperor William II “not one American will land on the continent?”
Convince the emperor to use more submarine warfare.
During WW1 which person did Czar Nicholas II place in charge of the armies?
Himself
________ were councils composed of representatives from the workers and soldiers.
Soviets
Germany, Austria Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire were known as?
The central powers
The western front was characterized by ______?
Trench warfare
The name of the group that conspired to assassinate the archduke Francis Ferdinand?
The black hand
In 1914 ___________ was considered an act of war.
Mobilization
Concession president Woodrow Wilson demanded at the Paris peace conference?
Creation of League of Nations
France’s approach to peace was guided in large part by____________________________?
Desire for nation security
___________ the aggressive preparation for war, was growing along with nations armies.
Militarism
The German advance toward Paris was halted at ____________________________________.
The first battle of Marne
What caused the United States to join the war?
Submarine warfare
___________________ became a spokesperson for a new world order asked on democracy and international cooperation.
Woodrow Wilson
Under the leadership of ______________ the Bolsheviks became a party dedicated to violent revolution.
V. I. Lenin