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World War I
1. Identify the reasons for outbreak
of World War I.
M – Militarism
A – Alliances
I – Imperialism
N – Nationalism
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Identify the Allied and Central
Powers during WWI.
 Allied: France, Great Britain, Russia
 Central: Germany, Austria-Hungary,
Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
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3. Explain the effect that alliances had on the outbreak of
WWI and identify the event that started the War.
Many times in Europe larger nations would
overpower weaker nations which created the
desire to increase military strength in many
nations.
In addition the nations would align themselves
with other nations to help each other out in case
of trouble with other nations. This led to a very
unstable situation where any event could lead
everyone into a war.
That incident happened in June of 1914 when
Franz Ferdinand the heir to the throne of AustriaHungary was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip
from Serbia.
This led Austria-Hungary to declare war on
Serbia. Germany aligned with Austria-Hungary
entered on their behalf and Russia aligned with
Serbia joined the fight and the Great War was on.
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4. Describe why WWI was
considered to be a new
kind of war.
This war brought a
new kind of warfare
because of all of the
new types of
technologies that had
never been used
before. For example
machine guns,
poison gas, airplanes,
and submarines were
used in the fighting
between the two
sides.
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One of the biggest
methods used in this
war was trench warfare
where each side dug
large long trenches
along their lines. This
created a stalemate
which led to a very long
and difficult war.
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5. Explain why the United States took so long to get
involved with the war and identify some of the reasons we
eventually did enter the war.
The people and government of the United States did not
want to get involved in this war claiming that this was their
problem and we had no business getting involved with
“their fight”.
The problem was we were torn because most Americans
had relatives involved in one way or another because, after
all most Americans were from Europe.
The U.S. favored the allied nations aided them financially.
After continuous attacks by German Submarines on
“civilian ships” many Americans began to demand that we
get involved on the side of the Allies.
The Zimmerman Note sent by Germany to Mexico
encouraging them to enter the war and then gain back area
they had lost to us after the war also increased the feeling
against the Central Powers.
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6. What changes took place in these countries following WWI?
Austria Hungary – Split apart into separate national states:
Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia
Ottoman Empire – Lost Arab possessions in the Middle East,
which were made into French and British Colonies
Germany – Lost territory along its border to France and Poland
and forced to give up all overseas colonies, lost its Navy and its
Army was reduced to a small force, forced to accept blame for
the war and pay huge reparations (payments) to Great Britain
and France. Became a democracy called the Weimar Republic.
Russia – Bolshevik revolution led by Vladimir Lenin over threw
the Tsar in the Russian Revolution in 1917. Withdrew from the
war and created a communist dictatorship known as the Soviet
Union. Gave up control of Poland and the Baltic States which
became new nations.
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7. President Wilson had 14 Points that he felt would
help avoid another war like this.
9 dealt with: Self determination, the ability of
people and nations to govern themselves.
4 dealt with: The causes of the war: secret
diplomacy, the arms race, violations of freedom of
the seas and trade barriers.
And the last point was his call for a: League of
Nations: this would be used to help settle disputes
between nations rather than go to war.
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8. The peace agreement for World War I was the
Treaty of Versailles. It was signed on June 28 ,
1919. It severely punished Germany in these 3 ways:
1. Germany gave up territory along its borders to
France (Rhineland) and Poland, and all overseas
colonies.
2. Lost it’s Navy and reduced its Army and Germany
was forced to disarm to very low levels of
ammunition.
3. Take blame for the war and forced to pay huge
amounts of money (Reparations) as a penalty to
Great Britain and France.
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9. Why did the U.S. Senate not support this
Treaty and what was the major concern of the
reservationists?
 The leaders of the opposition did not like the
idea of a league of nations. They felt that this
would lead the United States into supporting
its allies in conflicts that they may become
involved with. This treaty was never ratified
by the U.S. Congress.
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