The World War I story
Even though tensions were rising in Europe, few people saw a world war coming. However, there were four longterm causes of the war which include ___militarism_____ (which means__________________________),
________________________ (which means __intense devotion to one’s nation_______,
_______________________, and _____________________ between countries.
Finally, one spark started the war which was the assassination of _________________________________ in June
1914.
In just one month, ____________________________________ declared war on Serbia which started a
chain-reaction. Country after country began to take arms against each other and The __________ War had begun.
The alliance between Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and ________________ Empire became known as the
___________________ Powers. France, _________________ and Britain were known as the
______________________ Powers.
The kind of warfare used mainly in World War I was _____________ warfare, which means defending
a position by fighting from deep ditches. Soon, a 400-mile long network of trench battles from
Switzerland to the North Sea became known as the ___________________ ___________.
The
empty patch of ground between enemy trenches was called _____ - __________ - _________.
Several of the technologies used in World War I include: ____________________________________
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In the beginning, the United States stayed ________________, but eventually joined the ______________ Powers.
It was hard to stay out of the conflict when German ____ - ____________ continuously attacked American supply
_____________ to Europe. In May 1915 a German U-boat sank the __________________, a British passenger liner.
128 Americans died. Then in March 1916, a U-boat attacked the ______________; several of the 80 casualties were
American. Even though Germany promised not to sink passenger boats without warning (this was called the Sussex
____ they soon began sinking them again.
The act which finally brought the U.S. into the war was discovery of the
____________________ _______________, in which Germany promised to give
_____________________ parts o f the United States if they allied itself with Germany. The
U.S. declared ____________ on Germany in April 1917.
The U.S. war effort included developing new agencies such as the War __________________
Board which controlled many aspects of the U.S. economy, particularly production and
resources. This helped create a strong military. The Committee on Public Information
organized rallies and produced _________________________ (which is information put out to
influence _______________ opinion) . President Wilson set up the ____________________ ___________ Labor
______________ to help workers and management avoid strikes so production could continue freely.
The __________________ Act of 1917 was passed to prevent spying and the
___________________ Act of 1918 was passed to prevent citizens from opposing the war.
In 1917, Congress also passed the ________________________ __________________
___________ which required men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for the
__________. Citizens at home were encouraged to purchase _________________
___________ which provided billions of dollars in loans to the Allies, and to grow
__________________ _________________ at home so more food could go to the soldiers.
The U.S. troops were officially known as the __________________________ _____________________
_______________ (AEF) but Europeans nicknamed them doughboys.
These troops were led by General
________________ _____ _____________, who had previously been sent into Mexico to chase the rebel leader
______________________ _________________.
About this time, a radical group of Russian revolutionists called
____________________________ overthrew the Russian government and forced the exit of Russia from _______
__________, which gave Germany hope of winning the war. Led by Vladimir Lenin, the Bolsheviks were
_____________________ who believed in the end of competition and that all people should have ______________
opportunity.
The arrival of fresh ____________________ troops helped the Allies push the Germans back.
After the 2nd ____________________ of the ______________, the tide of the war turned and
the Allies began to win. Seeing that his country was beaten, the German leader, Kaiser
_______________ gave up his throne and fled to the Netherlands. On November 11th, an
_________________________ occurred, which is an agreement to stop _________________.
U.S. President _______________ ______________ wrote a ______ ____________ Peace Plan, in hopes of
preventing another war in the future. Wilson faced big challenges however because people in Europe and the U.S.
were not thinking peace. They wanted to focus on ____________________ Germany for all the damage they had
done. The actual agreement that officially ended WWI was the ________________ _____ ____________________
and it forced _________________ to take all the blame for the war. In addition, they had to pay billions of dollars in
______________________. This was a very severe punishment which eventually caused Germany to fight back in
the years to come. Even though several of the points from Wilson’s 14 Point Peace Plan were included in the treaty,
it failed to ____________________________ another world war.
In the long run, the United States itself never agreed to the treaty. Senators like ___________ ____________
_________________ raised concerns about the U.S. getting involved in European matters; especially if the U.S. had
to commit the U.S. military to the League.