5.2 Classwork: WWI (extended notes)

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14 questions

Note from the author:

Instructions

5.2 Classwork: WWI (extended notes)

Last updated over 1 year ago

14 questions

Note from the author:

Objective: I will be able to understand the causes and effects of World War One. 

Absent? Just want to review the guided notes? Slides are linked here.

Instructions

Objective: I will be able to understand the causes and effects of World War One. 

Absent? Just want to review the guided notes? Slides are linked here.

Required

World War I (_______ ) was caused by _______  among newly advanced _______ nations in Europe and a failure of diplomatic relations. The war _______ European and American life, _______  the economies of Europe, and planted the seeds for a _______ world war.

CAUSES OF WWI 

MILITARISM 

Required

Definition- building up _______ , technology, and being _______ prepared for war.

_______  to be the top nation leads to an _______  between European powers that used _______  to stockpile guns, tanks, submarines, gas etc.

ALLIANCES

Required

Definition- agreements between nations to _______ each other if attacked and attack back

NATIONALISM 

Required

Definition- Extreme pride and _______  to your nation. Loyalty to fight for one’s nation.

 Examples:
-_______ against Germany
(Franco-Prussian War)
-_______ in military power and industrial growth

IMPERIALISM

Required

Definition- when a country seeks to _______  other countries politically, economically and culturally

Europe’s competition to take over over overseas territory _______ 

Economic  _______ rivalries (natural resources)

ASSASSINATION OF FRANZ FERDINAND --- THE SPARK 

Required

_______  were upset over actions of _______ 

The Serbian terrorist group plots to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

Gavrilo Princip _______  the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife on _______ 

World War One officially begins

WHY DOES THE U.S. GET INVOLVED? 

Required

-Up until this point, the U.S. wanted to _______ in Europe, so we practiced a policy known as _______  (not getting involved in the war)

-BUT we are forced to join the war because of…

1. SINKING OF LUSITANIA - 1915 

Required

German U-Boat (_______ ) sinks British passenger ship

Leaves 1,198 people dead including _______  US citizens

Americans are _______ 

President Woodrow Wilson demands the Germans stop _______ submarine warfare.

2. ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAPH - 

Required

_______  sends a _______  telegram to _______ offering to help Mexico take back territory from the United States in exchange for _______ 

The Zimmerman Telegram is _______  by the United States

This event finally pushes the United States to join the war in 1917 on the side of the _______ 

HOW IS WWI DIFFERENT FROM ALL PREVIOUS WARS? 

The Industrial Revolution at the turn of the century creates deadly war technology like nothing the world had ever seen before. 

TRENCH WARFARE 

Required

New form of warfare in which soldiers fight from trenches dug into the battlefield– trading _______  for extremely _______ 

_______ - Area between the trenches that men had to cross to get to the enemy trench- the most dangerous area!

The End of World War One 

_______  was President of the United States during WWI

Creator of the League of Nations

Wilson was pivotal in _______  at the end of the war.

The Effects of World War One: 

The war transforms European & American life

_______ and governments of Europe, especially _______ .

Plants the seeds for a 2nd World War.

4 great empires fall (German, Austrian-Hungarian, Russian, Ottoman Turks) which changes the entire political map of Europe

Generation of young men lost (called the _______ )

5.2 Classwork: WWI (extended notes)

5.2 Classwork: WWI (extended notes)

CAUSES OF WWI

MILITARISM

ALLIANCES

NATIONALISM

IMPERIALISM

ASSASSINATION OF FRANZ FERDINAND --- THE SPARK

WHY DOES THE U.S. GET INVOLVED?

HOW IS WWI DIFFERENT FROM ALL PREVIOUS WARS?

TRENCH WARFARE

The End of World War One

The Effects of World War One:

Overall, how well did you understand the content we covered in class today?

CAUSES OF WWI

MILITARISM

ALLIANCES

NATIONALISM

IMPERIALISM

ASSASSINATION OF FRANZ FERDINAND --- THE SPARK

WHY DOES THE U.S. GET INVOLVED?

HOW IS WWI DIFFERENT FROM ALL PREVIOUS WARS?

TRENCH WARFARE

The End of World War One

The Effects of World War One:

Circle any differences you notice on the map from before and after WWI.

Overall, how well did you understand the content we covered in class today?