Transcript World War I
World War I Cheat Sheet Causes of the WWI • • • • Nationalism Militarism Secret Treaties Imperialism Who Fought Who? • • • • Central Powers Austria-Hungary vs. Germany Bulgaria Ottoman Empire ALLIES Serbia Russia France Great Britain Italy United States What was the SPARK that set off WWI? • The assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand What was The LUSITANIA? • Large passenger ship like the Titanic sunk by a German submarine. • Killed more than 1000 people • 123 Americans What was Trench warfare? • Neither side could win so they built trenches all the way across Europe. • WESTERN Front - between Germany and France • EASTERN Front - between Russia and Germany New Weapons • • • • • Tank Submarine Poison gas Airplane Machine gun Why did Russia Quit WWI? • Communist took over the country and took Russia out of WWI. Why did the United States enter WWI? • Germany used submarines to sink U.S. Ships on their way to Great Britain. • Zimmerman Note- Germany tries to get Mexico to fight the USA (will return all the former territory like California to Mexico) Who won the war? • The ALLIES won the war. • Germany lost and everyone blamed Germany for starting the war. What treaty ended the war? • The armistice stopped the fighting 0n the 11th hour of the 11th day in the 11th month. • The Treaty of Versailles officially ended the war. Wilson’s Fourteen Points • • • • No Secret Treaties Freedom of the Seas Self-determination League of Nations (like the United Nations)