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War Affects the World
1. The Gallipoli Campaign
 British attack on _________________
 Knock _____________ out of the war
 Get supplies to _____________________
 Persuade neutral ______________ states to join Allies
 A failure
 _______________________ humiliated
 Bulgaria joins ______________ _____________.
2. Battle for the Dardanelles

Notable ___________________ failure to take straits b/t Black Sea & Med Sea
 ________________ died
 Hopes of a supply line to _________________ dashed
3. The Battle of Verdun
 February to _______________ 1916
 Germany wanted to “________________France white”
 Massive _____________ ______________ against French city of Verdun
 1,400 artillery along 8-mile front
 1 _____________ shells fired on first day
 Casualties
 ________________: 542,000
 ________________: 434,000
4. The Battle of the Somme
 July – November 1916
 Allied attempt to relieve pressure on _______________
 British attack along the _____________ ____________
 Preceded by 7-day _______________ barrage
 British had 57,000 ________________ on the first day
 Casualties
 _____________: 600,000
 _____________: 500,000
5. Eastern Front
 Battle of Tannenberg, Sept. 1914
 ______________ pushed out of Germany
 ________ Russians died
 Battle of Limanowa, Dec. 1914
 Russia pushed out of _________________ - ______________
6. Battle of Tannenburg
 1st major battle on the _____________ ____________
 German victory
 Result of premature Russian invasion of ________________
 However, it did divert German forces from the ________________
___________, enabling the Allies to halt the ____________ advance on
Paris
7. Russian effort collapses, 1916
 Lack of ____________________
 Troops poorly _____________
 Ports blockaded
 _____________ (Baltic Sea),Ottomans (Black Sea)
 Only asset were _______________ numbers
8. The United States and World War I
_________________ tradition
 Wilson declares USA _________________ in European war
 Wilson calls for “______________ without victory”
 US banks ______________ belligerents money
 Pro-Allied sentiment in _______________
9. Sussex Pledge
The Sussex pledge was a promise made in 1916 during World War I by _____________
to the _____________ ______________ prior to the latter's entry into the war.
indiscriminately _________________ any non-German vessel using their U-boats
_________________ attempted to appease the United States by issuing the Sussex
pledge, which promised a change in Germany’s naval __________________ policy.
In 1917 ___________________became convinced they could defeat the Allied Forces by
returning to unrestricted submarine warfare before the United States could enter the war,
thereby ____________________ the Sussex pledge.
10.The Sinking of the Lusitania
 May 7, 1915
 ____________- passenger liner
 Sunk by _____________ U-boat
1,200 lives lost
 128 _______________ dead
 Pushed USA closer to ________________
11. Germany Announces Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
 January 31, 1917
 Germans promise to sink any ship that enters the ______ __________
 Cut off supplies to ___________ & _________________
 Force _______________ surrender
 US __________________ ships sunk
12. The Zimmerman Telegram February 28, 1917
 British intelligence intercepted German telegram to ________________
 ____________ promised Mexico territory lost to USA in Mexican War (1846-48)
 _________________ did not take the telegram seriously
 The USA, however, did
 April 6, 1917 – USA ____________ _________ on Germany
13. Home Front
 _____________ __________ touched all lives
 _____________ economy (rations)
 All able-bodied people put to ___________
 Civil liberties ________________
 Official use of ________________
14. Bernard Baruch
War Industries Board
Coordinated __________________ of war supplies.
15. Popular Nationalism was inflamed
 ___________________ leaned heavily on public opinion.
 ___________________ was manipulated
 ___________________ became normal
16. Propaganda
_________________ or _____________________ spread to advance a cause or damage
an opponent’s cause.
Section 3 quiz
Choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 1. In 1917, Germany returned to its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare,
hoping to
A. bring the United States into the war.
B. force Russia to withdraw from the war.
C. keep cargo ships from reaching Great Britain.
D. destroy the British ships blockading German ports.
____ 2. World War I was a "total war" in the sense that
A. it brought great suffering to civilians.
B. nations from all over the world were involved.
C. new technologies played a large part in the war.
D. the nations involved devoted all their resources to it.
____ 3. The system of rationing was designed to limit
A. civilian antiwar activities.
B. production of luxury items.
C. purchases of consumer goods.
D. the number of men needed in the civilian work force.
____ 4. The purpose of propaganda during World War I was to
A. censor the press.
B. inform the public.
C. expose antiwar activity.
D. influence public opinion.
____ 5. The Zimmerman note, which pushed the United States to enter the war,
exposed the German plan to
A. make a truce with Russia.
B. help Mexico regain U.S. territory.
C. sink passenger ships without warning.
D. plant German spies in the United States.
____ 6. The armistice signed near Paris in November 1918 brought an end to
A. World War I.
B. Kaiser Wilhelm's rule.
C. the Second Battle of the Marne.
D. Russia's involvement in the war.