7-9 The First World War                                                                               Name ______________________________

The Culmination of the War

History 7

 

Overall Purpose:

Identify the factors that led to Germany’s defeat.  Analyze the differences between President Wilson’s peace proposals and the Treaty of Versailles.

 

Major Ideas:

From Chapter II:

A)       Why did the Germans use unrestricted submarine warfare?  What problems did this present for Germany?

B)       Explain the significance of the Lusitania (1915).  What was the Sussex Pledge?

C)       Describe the use of aircraft in World War I.  What were aces?

 

Chapter III

D)       Describe the problems that both sides faced in 1917.

E)        What two measures did Germany take to end the stalemate in 1917?  Explain why they took these actions.  What was the eventual effect of each?

 

F)        How did American attitudes toward the war change between 1914-1916?

G)       What were the four main reasons why the United States entered the war in 1917?

H)       What contribution did the Americans make to the Allied war effort?

 

I)          What were the Fourteen Points?  What were their four main principles?  What impact did they have on the war?  Why were President Wilson’s peace proposals naive?

J)         Describe the factors that led Germany to seek an armistice in November 1918.

K)      Describe the events that led to the proclamation of the German Republic in 1918.

 

L)        What impact did the war have outside of Europe?

M)     What were the five main ways that the Treaty of Versailles punished Germany for the war?  In what ways did the other treaties change the map of Europe?

N)      Why was World War I called “the bloody red dawn of the twentieth century?”  What problems remained after the war?

 

Key Terms:

1)        Battle of Jutland

2)        Zeppelin

3)        Manfred von Richthofen

4)        Lawrence of Arabia

5)        Turnip Winter

6)        Russian Revolutions

7)        Bolshevik

8)        Lenin

9)        Zimmermann Telegram

10)    John J. Pershing

11)    Treaty of Brest Litovsk

12)    Kaiserschlacht

13)    Ferdinand Foch

14)    Belleau Wood & Chateau-Thierry

15)    Eddie Rickenbacker

16)    Sparticists

17)    armistice

18)    Balfour Declaration

19)    Fourteen Points

20)    League of Nations

21)    collective security

22)    Rhineland

23)    Poland

24)    Polish Corridor

25)    Yugoslavia

26)    mandate