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World War I

WW I in Europe

Question: Another name for WWI was what?
Answer: The Great War

Question: What two countries wanted the largest navy in Europe?
Answer: Great Britain and Germany.

Question: What three countries in Europe wanted the largest army?
Answer: Russia, France and Germany.

Question: What year did WWI begin in Europe?
Answer: 1914.

Question: What set the stage for WWI in Europe?
Answer: An arms race.

Long-Term Causes of WW I

Question: What drove the arms race between European countries?
Answer: Nationalism, a feeling of pride in one's country.

Question: What is the name of one ethnic group that did not have its own nation?
Answer: The Slavs who lived in Austria-Hungary.

Question: What is a "defensive alliance"?
Answer: Agreements between countries to come to each other's rescue if one of them was attacked. In other words, an attack on an ally country was like an attack on your own country.

Question: What European countries were part of the Central Powers?
Answer: Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire were the alliance known as the Central Powers.

Question: What was the name of the alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia?
Answer: The Allied Powers.

Short-Term Causes

Question: What provided the "spark" that began WWI?
Answer: The assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914.

Question: Who was Gavrilo Princip?
Answer: The Serbian nationalist who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Question: What was the Serbian position towards the Slavs wanting their own homeland?
Answer: The Serbians supported the Slavs independence.

Question: How did Austria-Hungary respond to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Answer: Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.

Question: Why did Italy and Germany, Great Britain, Russia, and France get involved in a war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia?
Answer: Italy and Germany were allies of Austria-Hungary. Great Britain, Russia and France were allies of Serbia. Since they were allies of the countries at war with each other, they had to get involved in the war.

U.S. Neutrality

Question: Name the president of the US when WWI started in Europe.
Answer: Woodrow Wilson

Question: Why did the US adopt a policy of being neutral?
Answer: George Washington said that the US shouldn't have any "entangling alliances" and should stay out of European affairs.

Question: Why did many Americans personally take the side of Great Britain early in the war?
Answer: Americans shared many traditions and values with the British.

Question: Why did many Irish-Americans personally side with the Central Powers?
Answer: Many Irish-Americans hoped a British defeat would free Ireland from British rule. (p. 109, paragraph 2)

Question: Name 2 ways that show the warring nations did not always respect neutrality.
Answer: Your answer must include at least 2 of the following:
- Great Britain blocked merchant ships from entering German ports, so the U.S. couldn't carry supplies to Central Powers.
- German submarines (U-Boats) attacked U.S. merchant ships sailing to Great Britain.
- Woodrow Wilson issued warnings to Germany about attacking merchant and passenger ships.
- Woodrow Wilson protested Great Britain's blocking of German ports.

Steps to the War

Question: What did Germany do on May 7, 1915, that shocked the Americans.
Answer: Germany torpedoed the passenger ship The Lusitania, which killed 128 Americans and 1,000 Europeans.

Question: How did Germany feel about the prospect of the US getting into the war?
Answer: Germany was afraid of US involvement.

Question: What country decided to stop attacking non-military ships with its submarines?
Answer: Germany.

Question: On February 1, 1917, Germany decided to begin unrestricted submarine warfare on their enemies. What was one of Germany's main reasons for doing this?
Answer: Germany thought they could conquer Britain before the U.S. entered the war.

Question: What did Germany do that finally pulled the U.S. into the war?
Answer: In March 1917 -

A German foreign minister sent a telegram to the German ambassador to Mexico. This telegram wanted Mexico to declare war on the U.S. In return, Germany would give Mexico the states of New Mexico, Texas and Arizona.

German U-boats sank four U.S. ships.