Chapter 11 Review

World War I
Study Questions &
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Long Term Causes
• Nationalism
– Extreme devotion to one’s own nation.
– Similar to “college football rivalries”
• Imperialism
– Countries wanting to expand borders & power.
– “Empire Building”
• Militarism
– Build up of military.
– “Every country is on steroids”
• Alliance System
– Countries have each other’s back.
Immediate Cause of WWI

Franz is shot
with wife by Austria
Serbian Hungary
Nationalist declares war Russia backs
on Serbia Serbia

Germany
Germany invades
declares war Belgium
on Russia & UK
France declares
war on
Germany
3 Causes for American Involvement

1. Sinking of the Lusitania

2. Zimmerman Note
3. US Bank Interests
 Wilson’s 14 Points
1. No secret treaties among nations.
2. Freedom of the seas for all.
3. Tariffs and other economic barriers lowered or abolished for
free trade.
4. Arms should be reduced “to the lowest point”
5. Colonial policies should consider the interests of the colonial
peoples as well as the interests of the imperial powers.
6 – 13. Boundary changes based on self-determination “along
historically established lines of nationalities.”
14. Creation of the League of Nations.
 The Treaty of Versailles

• Signed June 28, 1919

• Created 9 new nations – see p. 400
• Barred Germany from maintaining an
army.
• Germany owed reparations
– $33 billion to the allies
– Return of Alsace-Lorraine to France
 Weaknesses of the Treaty
1. War-guilt clause
– Germany had to admit sole responsibility
2. Reparations
– Germany could not afford to pay money to the
victors.
3. Mad Russians
– Exclusion from treaty and loss of land.
4. No self-determination
– Ignored claims of colonized people
Who was assassinated to spark
World War I?

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary

What country sank the Lusitania and
provoked American intervention?

Germany (U-Boats)
 What style of WWI warfare is shown
below and was devastating and involved
little gain in territory?

Trench Warfare
What military tactic did Britain use to
starve out thousands of Germans to
death and provoke U-boat attacks?

Blockade
 What military tactic did the U.S. &
Britain use to avoid attacks by U-boats
to protect merchant ships?

Convoy System
What did the U.S. invoke to grow the
military in mobilizing for war?

Selective Service System (the draft)

What industrial task did the U.S. partake
in mobilizing for the war?

Ship Builiding
Who was the head of the American
Expeditionary Force?

John J. Pershing (Black Jack)

 Who was the American hero on the
ground who used to be a conscientious
objector?

Private Alvin York

Who was the American hero in the air
who shot down 26 German planes?

Eddie Rickenbacher
When did the armistice (cease fire)
occur to stop the fighting for WWI?

November 11, 1918

What countries made up America’s allies
during WWI?

Britain, France, & Russia

What countries made up the allies’
enemies during WWI?

Ottoman
Empire

Germany, Austria-Hungary, & Turkey

 What U.S. agency encouraged
Americans to ration food during WWI?

The Food Administration

What Act did Eugene Debs violate to get
thrown into jail during WWI?

The Sedition Act

Why did the “Big 3” leaders not want to
use all of Wilson’s 14 points?

They wanted to make Germany pay.