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The Great War Five (Four) Main Causes of World War I M-A-N-I-A o M___________________________ o A___________________________ o N___________________________ o I___________________________ o A___________________________ Militarism Nations begin to build up their __________________________ o Usually in __________________________ to what other nations were doing “Keeping up with the Jones’s” Alliance System Nations make _________________________ to ______________________ each other in case they are attacked Triple Alliance Austria-Hungary ______________________ ____________________ (will join Allies in 1915) Triple Entente ________________________________ Russia ________________________________ __________________________ (will join in 1917) Nationalism Loyalty to your nation, belief that your nation is the ____________ and ______________________________ Imperialism Countries in Europe (Just like in the US) desire more ________________, ____________________ and colonies. Nations compete to see who can get the most _____________________________ Assassination Sparking Event o (___________________________________) o The ________________________________ of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife Sofia by a member of the _________________________________ The War Begins Central Powers __________________________________ Germany __________________________________ __________________________________ Allied Powers Serbia __________________________________ France Great Britain 1915 – ___________________________ The United States is __________________________________ for the first three years of the war and many Americans want to stay out of the war. Why did the US enter the war? Submarine Warfare — Germans warn that all ships entering the waters around the ________________________ are subjected to be sunk German __________________________________ (U-Boat) Lusitania ____________________________ (May 1915) passenger ship sunk by German U-boat o May have been carrying ____________________________ as well as passengers -- passengers warned not to travel on Lusitania o Wilson ____________________________ -- nothing happened The Final Straw Unrestricted ___________________________ Warfare (Jan. 1917) o Early January 1917 -- Germany decided to pursue “unrestricted submarine warfare” o Tell Wilson on January 31st, he cuts off _____________________________________ Zimmerman Telegraph (March 1, 1917) o Coded message from Germany to ___________________________. o Says if Mexico attacks US, Germany will help Mexico take back _____________________, New Mexico and ________________________. o British intercepted, ______________________ and sent to the US Russian Revolution (March 15, 1917) o Czar _______________________ of Russia is toppled from power and Russia is taken over by a republican government (no communists yet) Russia not a __________________________ -- now it is a war between democracy & autocratic rule America Enters the War Wilson asks ___________________________ for a declaration of war. What impact did US _________________________ have on the war? o America’s military resources of ______________________ and war ______________________ tipped the balance of the war and led to Germany’s defeat. Following the War The _________________________________________ Conference and the Fourteen Points o _______________________________ are Wilson’s plan to eliminate the causes of war Key ideas __________________________________ Freedom of the __________________ League of _________________ ______________________ system o French and English insisted on ____________________________ of Germany. Treaty of Versailles Treaty of Versailles o Germany accepted _______________________________ for starting the war o A ______________________________________ was created. o National ____________________________ were redrawn, creating many new ____________________. US stance on the Treaty The United States did not _______________________ the Treaty of Versailles o Did not like the League of Nations o Did not want to be involved in European _______________________________