World War 1 Study Guide for Test – 50 points (Multiple Choice, Matching, Fill in Blank (word bank), 1 short answer)
4 Long-Term Causes of World War 1
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Describe the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Who did it? When? Why?)
How did Austria-Hungary use the assassination to attack Serbia?
Who did Serbia have ties with?
Who did Austria-Hungary have as their ally?
*Be able to put the chain reaction events in chronological order (1-7)
______Great War begins
______Russia mobilizes army to help its ally Serbia
______Austria Hungary blames Serbia for murder of Archduke
______Germany views this as a threat; declares war on Russia
______Germany declares war of Russia’s ally, France; to get to France, Germany invades neutral Belgium (Germany’s
plan for fighting a two fronted war - knock out France and concentrate forces on eastern front against Russia)
______Austria Hungary (with support from Germany) declares war on Serbia
______Great Britain declares war on Germany because of treaties with Belgium, France, and Russia
Were these countries on the Central Powers [CP] or
Allied Powers [AP]?
Austria-Hungary_______
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France _________
Great Britain _____________
Russia ______________
United States ______________
America Enters the War
When war was declared in Europe, America adopted a policy of
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Why?__________________________________________________________________________________
What does it mean “a policy of fairness?” _______________________________________________________
Reasons why the U.S. Entered the War
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Who did U.S. trade more with?___________________________________________________________
What made it nearly impossible for America to trade with Germany?____________________________
Why did they (above question) do what they did to Germany?_________________________
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Did the U.S. protest this?_____________
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How many Americans were killed?________________________________________
What did Germany do to warn Americans about cross the Atlantic on British ships?
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Wilson demanded what three things of Germany?
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Germany agreed to how many of Wilson’s things? _____________________
Why did Wilson just accept Germany’s response? ____________________________________________
However, what did Germany agree to (with regards to their submarines)?
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Wilson believed that the revolution that overthrew the Czar was a good thing since it would bring
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6) Germany resumes _______________________________________________________________
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Anti-German propaganda often referred to Germans as _______________________
What was the reason Wilson stated (from your notes) for the US to declare war against Germany?
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When US entered the war, Europe was already devastated by how many years of war? _______
What three things did U.S. bring a fresh supply of when they entered the war?
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How did the U.S. Government recruit soldiers? _________________________________________ Act
The fighting of World War 1 ended on _____________________________________________________
This is known as ____________________________________________________
Who was not invited to the Paris Peace Conference?
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The European Allies rejected Wilson’s Fourteen Points Plan because their goal is to do what?
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How did the German people feel about the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
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Why did they feel this way (i.e. Why did they believe that their country had NOT been honorably defeated)?
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Things you need to know from the Student Presentations
Weapons and New Technology
What were some of the NEW technological weapons used during World War 1?
What weapon was mainly used for intimidation (Psychological warfare) but not so much for actual
fighting?
Life in the Trenches
What animals lived with the men in the trenches?
Describe the conditions of living in the trench
Poison Gas
What country was the first to use poisonous gas? What country is often thought of as using it
first (but didn’t)?
Describe some of the symptoms a person would feel if they were in a poison gas attack
War and Medicine
What was trench foot?
What was Shell Shock?
Describe (briefly) how wounded men were removed from the battlefield during this time? (be sure to
include Stretcher-bearers and Casualty Clearing Stations)
War in the Air
What are Zeppelins and why were they important for Air Raids?
Manfred von Richthofen – who was he and what was his nickname?
Eddie Rickenbacker – who was he and what was his claim to fame?
War At Sea
What country was the first to operate submarines? How many did they start off with and how many
did they end up with (at the end of the war)?
What was another name for a German submarine?
What is the connection between a submarine and the Lusitania, a British passenger ship?
Spies and Codes
Were spies infiltrating other countries or were they only code breakers?
If they were infiltrating other countries, give one example from the note sheet that proves this
Looking at the mini biography of Karl Hans Lody, how could a spy start “messing up?”
Art and War
Discuss the “freedom” artists had during World War 1 concerning pictures and paintings that the
people back home would see
What forms of propaganda were being used and why was it used in these ways?
Up Close and Personal - Soldier’s Perspective
Who would you rather have been – a soldier (who just followed orders) or a leader (ex: General)
who had to make the decisions? Why?
Which man do you admire most (in the ones who were presented in this presentation) and why?
Home front
Define home front:
What were the ages of the men who had to register due to the Selective Service Act of 1917?
How did women play their part for the war effort at home?
TERMS- Know for test
Sovereignty
Doughboys
Having supreme, independent authority; power to rule
and make laws
Nickname of an American soldier or Marine during
World War 1
Militarism
Armistice
Military forces are given a high profile by the
government (needed to protect your empire)
An agreement to stop fighting
Alliance
An agreement made between two or more countries to
give each other help if it is needed (had no option but to
declare war if one of their allies declared war first)
Imperialism
When a country takes over new lands or countries and
makes them subject to their rule
Nationalism
Paris Peace Conference
A conference where two dozen countries gathered
together to discuss how to end the war permanently
Treaty of Versailles
The outcome of the Paris Peace Conference; U.S.
Senate rejected this because of League of Nations
clause
Fourteen Points Plan
Wilson’s plan for peace
Being a strong supporter of the rights and interests of
one’s country
League of Nations
“He kept us out of war”
Was there to solve disagreements between countries by
talking about the problems instead of fighting wars
President Wilson’s campaign slogan for reelection
Zimmerman Telegram
Secret note sent from Germany foreign secretary to
Germany’s minister in Mexico urging Mexico to attack
the U.S.
War Guilt Clause
In Treaty of Versailles, Germany had to admit full
responsibility for starting the war
“War to end all wars”
American Expeditionary Force (AEF)
What the Great War was supposed to be
U.S. Armed Forces sent to Europe during World War 1
Red Poppies
World’s most recognized memorial symbols for soldiers
who have died in conflict
PEOPLE – know for test
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Heir to the Austria-Hungarian Throne
Gavrilo Princip
Slavic nationalist and member of the Blank Hand (secret society) whose assassination attempt sparked World War 1
Woodrow Wilson
US President during World War 1 – known as a “man of peace”
John Joseph “Black Jack” Pershing
General of the AEF (didn’t want to send his troops in untrained)
Henry Cabot Lodge
Republican Senator who lead the Senate to reject the ratification of Treaty of Versailles