World War I
World War I
Cheat Sheet
Causes of the WWI
• Nationalism
• Militarism
• Secret Treaties
• Imperialism
Who Fought Who?
Central Powers ALLIES
• Austria-Hungary vs. Serbia
• Germany Russia
• Bulgaria France
• Ottoman Empire 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
• Tank
• Submarine
• Poison gas
• Airplane
• Machine gun
New Weapons
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 11 th hour of the 11 th day in the 11 th 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)
