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WWI Guided Notes

The document discusses the causes and key events of World War 1, including rising militarism and nationalism in European powers, their systems of alliances, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand which triggered the war. It outlines the major battles on the Eastern and Western Fronts and Russia's withdrawal from the war due to revolution. It also discusses America's entry into the war and how fresh American troops helped turn the tide for the Allies. The Treaty of Versailles after the war forced punitive terms on Germany.

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WWI Guided Notes

The document discusses the causes and key events of World War 1, including rising militarism and nationalism in European powers, their systems of alliances, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand which triggered the war. It outlines the major battles on the Eastern and Western Fronts and Russia's withdrawal from the war due to revolution. It also discusses America's entry into the war and how fresh American troops helped turn the tide for the Allies. The Treaty of Versailles after the war forced punitive terms on Germany.

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_militarism_________________

______na.onslism____

ew military ________imperislism__________ FrenchGerman


chnologies____________ _______alliances________________
Competition for __border____
____colonies_______ conflicts
___agreements___________
_arms_________ race Ethnic nationa
to aide each other if Many smaller
etween countries attacked the
____wars________
over ___balkans__
Most nations sign
glorification____________ ____alliances____________ ___territory________
f war
____allies_________ &
___central______ Powers
_

o Central Powers Immediate Cause


o Allied Powers Assassination of __franz
ferdinand______________, heir to
o Neutral ____austia-
hungary’s______________ throne
o The Balkans
Austria declares war on
____serbia______

Battles on the Western Front ____allies____________ all


- Sept 1914
____the marne____________ jump in
costly Allied victory
verdun_______________- long, deadly
_battle throughout 1916 Battles on the Eastern Front
__________the somme
_____ - over 1 million ___battle of
casualties from July – Nov 1916 tannenberu_____________ –
major defeat for Russia
Russia suffering very high
____casualties____________
_____revolution______________ forces
Russia to leave the war
Russia’s Revolution
1. ___vladimir lenin________________ leads the communist ______bolsheviks__________

2. Overthrow the ___czar____________

3. Sign the Treaty of _____brest litovsk______________ with Germany in 1918

America Joins the War


Most of America is _isolationist____________________

President ______wilson_____________ campaigns on keeping America out of war


Sinking of the Lusitania
Germany declares “____unrestricted submarine
warfare______________________________”

_____lusitania_____________ sunk by German U-boat in 1915

Kills 1000 & 130 ____americans_____________


The Zimmerman Telegraph
Secret message from ____germany_____________to ______mexico___________

Proposes an ___alliances______________against the US

___causes_________would declare war on America and get ____lost


territory__________after victory

Causes ________outrage_________in America


America Enters the War
2.8 million “_____doughboys____________” drafted

Fresh American troops turn the tide for the ___allies______________

Help lead the final Allied ______s=offensives______________ in


Summer 1918 The 14 Points
1. ______woodrow wilson________________ plan for a long lasting peace

2. _____cinflicts____________with Europeans desire to punish Germany


The Treaty of Versailles
1. Germany forced to accept full ________responsibility______________ for war
2. Germany loses all its ____territories_______________

3. Germany must pay _______reparation_______________ payments to the Allies

4. Germany must only have a very limited _____military______________


The Mandate System
Great Britain and France divide up ____middle east_______________

____british_________________ take Iraq, Jordan, and Palestine

France takes _____syria_________ and _______lebanon_____________

_ Immediate Cause Assassination of __franz ferdinand______________, heir to ____austia- hungary’s_____________
_____revolution______________ forces Russia to leave the war Russia’s Revolution 1. ___vladimir lenin__________
2. Germany loses all its ____territories_______________ 3. Germany must pay _______reparation_______________ payments to th

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